★★★★★
's five string quartets make up a kind of meta quartet - a massive web of musical dialectics that celebrate, explode and generally redefine the genre's lofty, loaded heritage. No other contemporary composer has grappled with quartet form quite so intelligently or so probingly. It's astoundingly virtuosic stuff, mentally and musically, and jaw-droppingly beautiful at times: just listen to the gossamer-fine and haunting textures of the fourth quartet, or the ...
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2015-07-17
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDJörg Widmann, Kagel, FurrerJörg WIDMANN: ArmonicaPaavo JärviPan Classics2014 Music by Jörg Widmann dominates this collection of new works, all of which the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra has played under its current principal conductor Paavo Järvi...
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2014-01-24
★★★★★
Jörg Widmann appears as composer and clarinettist on this disc, which also includes the recording debut of the great Heinz Holliger as a pianist. Holliger partners Widmann in the five Bruchstücke from 1997, some of his first published works. These concentrated miniatures of almost Webern-like brevity showcase Widmann's virtuosity as well as his comprehensive understanding of his instrument's capabilities...
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2011-04-25