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Range of Light: Selected Chamber Works by Erica Muhl
Erica Muhl, Erik Forrester, Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Range of Light: Selected Chamber Works by Erica Muhl
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
 
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Major critics have praised Erica Muhl?s music, describing it as "strong and poetic," "ravishingly beautiful," "haunting," even "fearless". Paul Hertelendy, one of America?s most esteemed writers on music, wrote, "Muhl has ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Erica Muhl, Erik Forrester, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Lisa Sylvester, Norman Weston
Title: Range of Light: Selected Chamber Works by Erica Muhl
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Albany Records
Release Date: 7/27/2004
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034061066729

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Major critics have praised Erica Muhl?s music, describing it as "strong and poetic," "ravishingly beautiful," "haunting," even "fearless". Paul Hertelendy, one of America?s most esteemed writers on music, wrote, "Muhl has a fine ear and an iridescent palette?[Her work] is a contemporary foray into impressionism, mysticism, veiled allure and the shimmering colors of a concert orchestra". She was born and raised in Los Angeles, where her father, Edward, was head of production for Universal Pictures and her mother, Barbara, an author and opera singer. Her parents associated with such musical figures as Stravinsky, Schnabel, Stokowski, Andre Previn and Henry Mancini. As may have been expected in this musical milieu, Muhl was trained both as a composer and conductor, with much of that training completed in Europe. At age sixteen she was invited to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. After returning to California to earn her B.M., she traveled again to Europe for graduate studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, studying with the great Italian composer Franco Donatoni. In 1991, she completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California. She studied conducting with Walter Cataldi-Tassoni, a student of Mascagni and Fritz Zweig, a student of Humperdinck and a close colleague of Richard Strauss and Otto Klemperer. Muhl has served as Assistant Conductor for Los Angeles Opera Theater, Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Wagner Festival?s complete Ring. Erica Muhl is Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California?s Thornton School of Music and resides in Los Angeles.
 

CD Reviews

Love it!
Susan Gunderson | Portland, OR | 09/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a wonderful CD - Original and varied and interesting. And the notes are an excellent bonus!"
A striking debut disc
PS | Long Beach, CA USA | 09/02/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I encountered Erica Muhl's wonderful work at a concert of the Women's Philharmonic in SF a few years ago. I think this is her first cd, and it's an excellent one. "Consolation" and "Trucco" are the real standouts here but all the works show various facets of a composer with great craft and something to say. There's a wide range of color and expression, from the intense shock and defiance of "Consolation" to the sly, intellectual humor of "Trucco."



She conducted the Cleveland Chamber Symphony for the recording of "Consolation", and it's really accomplished work. With her good looks (I saw her when she stood up in the audience in SF--sigh) and superb training, she should conduct more. Despite being recorded in different venues at I assume various times, the sound is uniformly clear but a little too close-up & bass-shy (for me). The liner notes are informative, but long-winded."