ESCAPING

Why do artists need to impose a thematic concept upon a program that easily stands on its own? This disc is a case in point.

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Mellits: Tight Sweater

Mark Mellits is a post-minimalist composer whose music takes in a typically eclectic mix of elements: bits of melody ranging from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring

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Fauré: 13 Nocturnes

The market is not exactly saturated with Fauré Nocturne cycles, in contrast to the seemingly endless Schumann Kreisleriana and Beethoven Appassionata recordings that cross my

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