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	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Arvo Part, Leon Kirchner Legacies: Piano Trios by Zwilich, Pärt, Kirchner & Silverman Genres: Special Interest, Classical This is a fascinating collection of varied contemporary chamber music. Zwilich's Trio is written with her typical blend of romanticism and challenging modernism; it's a very satisfying piece. The work by Pärt is a M... more » « less
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All Artists: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Arvo Part, Leon Kirchner, Stanley Silverman, Daniel Chriss, Jodi Howard, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Joseph Kalichstein
Title: Legacies: Piano Trios by Zwilich, Pärt, Kirchner & Silverman
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Arabesque Recordings
Release Date: 9/1/1996
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 026724667626, 026274667626

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This is a fascinating collection of varied contemporary chamber music. Zwilich's Trio is written with her typical blend of romanticism and challenging modernism; it's a very satisfying piece. The work by Pärt is a Mozart piano movement, rescored with a kind of running meditative commentary. While I usually like Kirchner's music very much, his Trio is a spiky piece I haven't penetrated yet. Silverman's music is jazzy modernism, very entertaining. As you would expect from this all-star trio, the performances are full of life. Anyone who likes 20th-century music is bound to find at least one piece to love here. --Leslie Gerber

CD Reviews

Zwilich superb, the rest mediocre

Stuart Bloom | 03/07/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard the Zwilich trio a dozen or so years ago when the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson group played it in a series of inaugural performances. I was blown away by it. This disc is a pleasant reminder of that experience. This work is worth hearing if you have any interest at all in late-20th century serious Americal music.The other works are much less interesting. But the disc is worth the price simply for the Zwilich."