The Naxos label diverges from its usual plain graphic design with this attempt to create the idea of an "alternative classical" genre, an idea that has paid big dividends when applied to rock and country music. Most of the selections are drawn from existing Naxos releases, with a few taken from discs by Denmark's Da Capo and Germany's CPO labels. The contents do not represent any new trends but rather package existing styles together as examples of "sonic rebellion." The idea is a good one, and the new listener in search of ...
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The Naxos label diverges from its usual plain graphic design with this attempt to create the idea of an "alternative classical" genre, an idea that has paid big dividends when applied to rock and country music. Most of the selections are drawn from existing Naxos releases, with a few taken from discs by Denmark's Da Capo and Germany's CPO labels. The contents do not represent any new trends but rather package existing styles together as examples of "sonic rebellion." The idea is a good one, and the new listener in search of an introduction to the styles of the late twentieth century can turn to this selection with confidence. Further, close observers of contemporary trends may see this collection as a set of tea leaves suggesting what is wearing well and what isn't. For example, most of the music has a tonal center; just a few works are really classifiable as atonal, and Penderecki's well-known Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima is a clear textural study rather than a difficult systematic work....
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