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Classical Music -
Mar 21, 2013
A confident portrait of an Australian composer across three decades.
Article
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Classical Music -
Jan 30, 2013
Glass sparked the minimalist revolution – then pronounced it dead. But he's still propelled by the manic energy of those early works.
Review
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Classical Music -
Nov 14, 2012
Not what you might expect from this experimental legend.
Review
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Classical Music -
Nov 2, 2012
A life tragically lost – Composer Nigel Westlake’s dual hymn to son and sun.
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Classical Music -
Oct 12, 2012
From Oz (via Russia) with love – Composer Grant Foster doesn’t shy away from a bit of Russian romance.
Review
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Classical Music -
Oct 12, 2012
A virtuosic collection of new Aussie works for sax and piano.
Review
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Classical Music -
May 8, 2012
New choral works from the composer for the Royal Wedding: best enjoyed in small, delicious doses.
Review
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Classical Music -
Dec 8, 2011
Edwardes colours everything she plays with exuberance, intelligence and sensitivity and offers us here a great percussion primer.
Review
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Classical Music -
Nov 8, 2011
A seriously ambitious new Australian work, set alight by spirited young Sydney guitarist Zane Banks.
Article
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Classical Music -
Sep 8, 2011
Ten years after the September 11 attacks, Reich makes sense of the tragedy in a haunting new work.
Review
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Classical Music -
Aug 29, 2011
An intimate, warmly human approach to minimalism from this broadminded Australian pianist.
Review
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Classical Music -
Aug 17, 2011
First-rate performances but little mystery or surprise on this disc of Australian concertos.
Review
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Classical Music -
Aug 4, 2011
You'd be surprised what just two violins can do on this disc of exuberant Australian music.
Review
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Classical Music -
May 31, 2011
A lavish collection of multifaceted orchestral works from one of Australia's most important composers.
Review
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Classical Music -
Apr 12, 2011
The quiet achiever shines: Liminal is a triumph for Melbourne composer Nick Tsiavos.
Review
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Classical Music -
Apr 5, 2011
The BBC Symphony brings its richness and majesty to Lutoslawski's colourful, clever and compelling music.
Review
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Classical Music -
Jan 13, 2011
For four and a half years, composer Andrew Ford dedicated himself to a form that musical history left behind long ago – the humble waltz.
Review
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Classical Music -
Jan 12, 2011
Kopatchinskaja’s exuberance is infectious.
Review
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Classical Music -
Jan 12, 2011
Few composers have built such distinct personalities upon so little as Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
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Light Classics -
Jan 12, 2011
Garbarek and the Hilliard repeat their hit formula.