The rising level of interest in the music of American composer David Gompper was demonstrated by this recording of a group of his works by the venerable Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009. The violin soloist, Austria's Wolfgang David, was also of international renown. Gompper is one of a group of American composers to have successfully negotiated the divide between the academic and public spheres of concert music in a way that few Europeans have done. His language has atonal aspects, but also draws on late Romanticism. ...
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The rising level of interest in the music of American composer David Gompper was demonstrated by this recording of a group of his works by the venerable Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009. The violin soloist, Austria's Wolfgang David, was also of international renown. Gompper is one of a group of American composers to have successfully negotiated the divide between the academic and public spheres of concert music in a way that few Europeans have done. His language has atonal aspects, but also draws on late Romanticism. Each of the four works exploits an abstract structural cell in some way, but the underlying mood is lyrical and accessible. Clear extramusical associations appear in the shorter pieces, and Flip (track 5) even incorporates quotations from or allusions to the soundtrack of the television show Flipper and also that of the film Brazil. Ikon (2008) involves the dimensions of a Russian Orthodox icon acquired by the composer in Estonia. The work is closely based on the icon's proportions,...
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