The music of Chinary Ung should strike no fear into the heart of music lovers -- certainly anyone who can get a grip on early twentieth century music styles can grasp what is happening on this New World disc Seven Mirrors. Perhaps not all will like what they hear, but more will "get it" than conventional wisdom might dictate. Spiral VI is a fleet, rhythmically flexible, and bluesy-sounding chamber piece. It is well performed by the group Quake, although some of Sean Osborn's playing in the lower register of the clarinet ...
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The music of Chinary Ung should strike no fear into the heart of music lovers -- certainly anyone who can get a grip on early twentieth century music styles can grasp what is happening on this New World disc Seven Mirrors. Perhaps not all will like what they hear, but more will "get it" than conventional wisdom might dictate. Spiral VI is a fleet, rhythmically flexible, and bluesy-sounding chamber piece. It is well performed by the group Quake, although some of Sean Osborn's playing in the lower register of the clarinet is dull sounding at times. Pianist Gloria Cheng's reading of Seven Mirrors is not only better, it is fantastic; a truly sympathetic and visionary interpretation of a stunning collection of etudes that incorporates ideas reminiscent of Debussy, Scriabin, and Ung's teacher George Crumb. But Seven Mirrors' plotting, sense of mystery, and elements of exoticism are unique attributes, and Cheng admirably brings out the best in Ung's music. Grand-Alap has been recorded before, and it is the...
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