Irving Fine's music defies easy categorization because he was never firmly attached to one ideology or style. Although he has been grouped with the American "school" of the 1950s, Fine's varied works reflect the cosmopolitan influence of Stravinsky more than that of his teachers and peers. The Notturno for strings and harp flows in a lyrical yet austere manner, similar to Stravinsky's Apollon musagète. The New York Chamber Symphony, led by Gerard Schwarz, plays it with sufficient conviction, but its sound is a little icy ...
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Irving Fine's music defies easy categorization because he was never firmly attached to one ideology or style. Although he has been grouped with the American "school" of the 1950s, Fine's varied works reflect the cosmopolitan influence of Stravinsky more than that of his teachers and peers. The Notturno for strings and harp flows in a lyrical yet austere manner, similar to Stravinsky's Apollon musagète. The New York Chamber Symphony, led by Gerard Schwarz, plays it with sufficient conviction, but its sound is a little icy and remote. The neo-Classical Partita shares traits with Stravinsky's Octet, particularly in its dry humor and emphasis on distinctive timbres, and the New York Woodwind Quintet gives it an ebullient rendition. The twelve-tone String Quartet, Fine's unqualified masterpiece, receives a compelling performance from the Lydian String Quartet, with especially good separation of the parts and well-sculpted sections within the two tension-filled movements. The Hour Glass is a setting of six...
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Add this copy of Notturno/Partita/Strg Quartet/Etc to cart. $4.48, like new condition, Sold by Streetlight_Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Cruz, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch.
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