Eric Chasalow: Left To His Own Devices

Eric Chasalow (Composer), Gil Rose (Conductor), Auros Group for New Music (Performer), Phantom Arts (Performer), Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Orchestra), Christopher Oldfather (Performer), William Hite (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Auros Group for New Music, Phantom Arts, Christopher Oldfather, William Hite
• Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
• Conductor: Gil Rose
• Composer: Eric Chasalow
• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New World Records
• ASIN: B00008BNTU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #589,940 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun New Music, May 13, 2003

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This review is from: Eric Chasalow: Left To His Own Devices (Audio CD)

The more musically motivated among us will praise the performance and composition. I simply find this music to be a lot of fun and quite fascinating. Eric Chasalow offers a smattering of works that range from melodic, easily accessible pieces to works where tones, voices and electronic sounds combine in spare, percussive patterns. And Chasalow, while he has a handful of years on me, is clearly of my generation. He quotes or references an eclectic collection of both classical and popular music that speaks to me, and that is something I find relatively rarely in classical music.

This is one of four recordings now out or soon to be out from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. I have also reviewed and raved about Rochberg's Black Sounds. Foss' opera Griffelkin is forthcoming, and Machover's Hyperstring Trilogy has recently been released.