Re: Recent Contemporary Classical

Nullifidian wrote:

> Nullifidian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> > This lengthy preamble is both an introduction and a request for help.
> > What sort of recent contemporary classical--say, composed in the last
> > 15 or 20 years--works on CD you like best, and would recommend to me?

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> Sorry to follow up on my own post, but I forgot to mention something. I'd
> be grateful for recommendations of young, recent composers of
> contemporary classical music. It doesn't have to be limited to them, by
> any means, but the most recent generation of classical composers is the
> group of whom I am, unfortunately, most ignorant.

Welcome aboard, Nullifidian. Your question is both a good one and
particularly difficult to answer. The most recent generation is always the
largest field to survey, since critical judgment has not yet come to a
consensus. But that makes it a more adventurous area to investigate.

No doubt others will offer dozens of other names, but I would just like to
mention the Americans DAC Crowell, Richard Karpen, Andrew Mead, and Chris
Pugh, the Cuban-American-Austrian George Lopez, the Brazilian Flo Menezes,
the British-Australian Chris Dench, and the French-American Joel Durand.
None are younger than 30, but all are composers whose recent work I admire.

--
Jerry Kohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal."