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If you’re a listener who’s already inclined to lend an open ear to performances of new American operas, then you likely have heard–and possibly were
The principal attraction of this release lies in Andy Stein’s arrangement of “Death and the Maiden” for full orchestra (as opposed to, say, Mahler’s transcription
The opening theme of Ernö Dohnányi’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (1915) sounds strikingly like something out of a Harry Potter film, creating the same kind
Kenneth Fuchs writes colorful and attractive music that falls gratefully on the ear but has sufficient backbone and variety to reward repeated listening. United Artists
This is a stunning disc, even if the title is, well, rather silly and musically not particularly on point. I won’t bore you with the
JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic have made some very fine recordings for Naxos, but this isn’t one of their best efforts. Church Windows suffers
On evidence here, Kenneth Fuchs is a talented musical craftsman in search of a distinctive voice. An American Place sounds a bit like Copland meets
Here’s a trivia question for you: What musical work begins with an evocation of sunrise over Detroit? Answer: Frederick Shepherd Converse’s Flivver Ten Million, a
Kenneth Fuchs’ An American Place is a bright, big-hearted, neo-romantic work in the style of John Adams’ Harmonielehre. Adams’ finale is an unmistakable influence as
The headline work The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan comes last on this disc, but “pleasure” is a term that certainly could be applied to
