Morton Feldman: Coptic Light; String Quartet and Orchestra (2020)

The music of Morton Feldman falls in between that of the Cage-era New York avant-garde and the more recent minimalist movement, a fact that may have hurt its popularity for a while but may now be boosting it. This release by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Arditti Quartet suggests that Feldman's music continues to gain traction beyond his native U.S., and it offers quite a listenable example of his late style. Some of Feldman's works from the early 1970s on tended toward the exploration of great lengths; ... Read More

The music of Morton Feldman falls in between that of the Cage-era New York avant-garde and the more recent minimalist movement, a fact that may have hurt its popularity for a while but may now be boosting it. This release by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Arditti Quartet suggests that Feldman's music continues to gain traction beyond his native U.S., and it offers quite a listenable example of his late style. Some of Feldman's works from the early 1970s on tended toward the exploration of great lengths; both pieces here clock in at less than half an hour but suggest the expansive structures Feldman was exploring. Coptic Light (1985) is one of the composer's last works, embodying a dreamy landscape that the title suggests. More absorbing is String Quartet and Orchestra (1973), not a concerto or sinfonia concertante, but a work that engagingly uses the string quartet to provide a repertory of subtle shadings to the orchestral texture. There are quite a few variations as the work's 25... Read Less

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