COMPOSERS: Kuhn
LABELS: Guild
WORKS: Serenata notturno; Missa brevis; Five Piano Pieces; Elegie for Basset-horn & Piano
PERFORMER: Alan Hacker (Basset-horn), William Fong, Brigitte Dolenc (piano); Vasari Singers, Haffner Wind Ensemble of London
CATALOGUE NO: GMCD 7153
The choral music of the 20th-century Swiss composer Max Kuhn shows a tonal, delicately expressive idiom which deserves better treatment than these raw performances offer. His somewhat spikier piano works are better handled and provide an interesting glimpse of non-mainstream creativity. Jan Smaczny
Kuhn
The choral music of the 20th-century Swiss composer Max Kuhn shows a tonal, delicately expressive idiom which deserves better treatment than these raw performances offer. His somewhat spikier piano works are better handled and provide an interesting glimpse of non-mainstream creativity. Jan Smaczny
Our rating
2
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:17 pm