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For Frank O'Hara
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| There's a lot going for this recording of four short works by Morton Feldman, most notably the committed performances by the New Millennium Ensemble. These six players create plainspoken statements that complement Feldman very well. His sustained single notes that pierce silence, or the layers of sound from two or three instruments that simply hover in the air would suffer from a less clean performance. But these musicians cut right to the chase. Another plus, even for listeners who love Feldman's contemplative qualities, is these works' brevity. This disc is slightly less than 60 minutes long (which, by the way, makes it only one-sixth the length of Feldman's String Quartet II!), and yet I appreciate being able to concentrate more intently, in briefer bursts, on Feldman's skillful shifts of color and light, shade and stillness. |
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New Millennium Ensemble |
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