In Reply to: Rochberg: Quartet No. 3 - Concord SQ (GREAT!) posted by banpuku on November 17, 2016 at 16:49:35:
This, to me, is "typical" late Rochberg--a style that synthesizes many of the streams of the 20th Century together. Rochberg's own notes for the LP are quite instructive in this regard. He started out as a hard core serialist, but decided in time that serialism didn't have all the expressive range he wanted, so he created a new style for himself that integrated traditional tonality, serialism, and much in between. This quartet falls right into that mold.
He's also known for having written a number of pieces "in the style of....", but to me that is apart from his primary body of work. Certainly an accessible and very competent composer, but not quite in the top echelon of the 20th Century for me.
Lots of great modern music on Nonesuch, usually with good to excellent sound.
dh
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Follow Ups
- I have the same LP - D Harvey 05:17:27 11/18/16 (1)
- Agree on all counts. - rbolaw 05:43:43 11/18/16 (0)