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FonoForum 05 / 09: »Auf einem außerordentlich klangschönen Cembalo von Jean-Henry Hemsch (1751) trägt Frédérick Haas die Suiten 1 und 5 aus dem ersten sowie die Suiten 6, 7 und 8 aus dem zweiten Buch von François Couperin vor. Sehr gut gelingen ihm dabei die eleganten, geschmeidig inegalen Seiten dieser anspruchsvollen Musik, etwa in den berühmten ›Baricades mistérieux‹ oder den gleich darauf folgenden ›Bergeries‹.«

George Crumb - Makrokosmos III & IV - Bojan Gorisek (1997) {Audiophile Classics APC101301-2}
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Classical / Contemporary Classical / Avant-Garde / Piano

Volume III: A collection of five pieces completed in 1974 and titled Music for a Summer Evening forms the third volume of Makrokosmos. It departs considerably from the previous two. Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation for Swarthmore College, the work is scored for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), contains fewer pieces, and does not associate any of the pieces with Zodiac signs.

Pawel Szymanski - Partita III i IV, Dwie Etiudy, Lux aeterna, Miserere (1997) {CD Accord ACD 038-2}
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© 1994, 1997 Polskie Radio / CD Accord | ACD 038-2 / 011 378-2
Classical / Contemporary Classical

A monographic record of one of the greatest Polish composers of postmodern time - Paweł Szymański. The compositions recorded here perfectly define his compositional idiom, which consists mainly of two elements: a heterophonic texture and a specific technique of surconventionalism (composer's definition), consisting in revealing only parts of the musical narrative, so that the listener must reconstruct the whole by imaginary force. The tracks are characterized by a "ragged" rhythmic course and a wealth of color means. As a result, Szymański's unusually expressive, original style is perfectly recognizable to anyone who has ever met his music.

Performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Yuzo Toyama with soprano Rie Hamada. A beautiful digital recording of several rarely performed works by Takemitsu (the soprano part of the marvelous "Coral Island" is very difficult, for example, and the "Archipelago S" is for an unusual ensemble of instruments). Many of the subtleties of Takemitsu's writing are lost in recording (for example, subtle harmonics behind more foreground material), but the engineers made a good effort here.