Although this disc by the Spectral Trio doesn't quite reach the one-hour mark, anyone looking to pass an hour's listening in a pleasant and enjoyable way will not be disappointed here, plus there's the benefit of hearing music and learning of composers (with the exception of William Grant Still) that the average listener might otherwise never encounter. Despite the fact that all of the works date from between 1941 and 1986 -- the height of twentieth century academic composing -- it is all essentially tonal, very melodic, ...
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Although this disc by the Spectral Trio doesn't quite reach the one-hour mark, anyone looking to pass an hour's listening in a pleasant and enjoyable way will not be disappointed here, plus there's the benefit of hearing music and learning of composers (with the exception of William Grant Still) that the average listener might otherwise never encounter. Despite the fact that all of the works date from between 1941 and 1986 -- the height of twentieth century academic composing -- it is all essentially tonal, very melodic, and extremely approachable by anyone. Madeleine Dring, an Englishwoman; Still, an American; and Jean-Michel Damase, a Frenchman, may not immediately seem to be a likely trio of complementary composers, but the pieces the Spectral Trio chose actually work quite well together. Still's Incantation and Dance and Dring's Danza Gaya are just for oboe and piano, and Damase's Quatre Divertissements are just for flute and piano, but the remainder of the program is for all three instruments. The...
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