There's a tendency to classify composers of the twentieth century as progressives and conservatives. Some certainly qualify for these designations, but it's actually more helpful to regard twentieth century music as a field of competing ideas, of "isms," that swept successively across the musical landscape and influenced most composers at one time or another. Most composers, for instance, tried their hands at serialism. Conversely, even Schoenberg, grimly devoted to advancing the art of music, wrote cabaret songs (the ...
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There's a tendency to classify composers of the twentieth century as progressives and conservatives. Some certainly qualify for these designations, but it's actually more helpful to regard twentieth century music as a field of competing ideas, of "isms," that swept successively across the musical landscape and influenced most composers at one time or another. Most composers, for instance, tried their hands at serialism. Conversely, even Schoenberg, grimly devoted to advancing the art of music, wrote cabaret songs (the Brettl-Lieder). And, as this enjoyable album shows, quite a few composers succumbed to the international allure of the tango. The variety of the 14 orchestral tangos here (a few have lyrics) is the main appeal. There's Stravinsky's muttering Tango of 1940 (played here in a 1953 orchestration), surely the least sensuous tango ever composed. Erik Satie's "Tango perpétuel" from Sports et divertissements cleverly takes up and manipulates the tango's motoric quality. There's a South American...
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