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probing the psyche of the oppressed through music

by Charles Noble on October 15, 2009

I’ve been living with the new Kim Kashkashian recording entitled Neharót for some time now, and find its title track Neharót Neharót (by the Israeli composer Betty Olivero, b.1954) to be one of the most affecting new pieces of music that I’ve encountered in the past decade.  I liken its first impact on me to [...]

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coming up: cd review

by Charles Noble on September 29, 2009

I’m hoping that on Wednesday this weekend I’ll have a full review up for a wonderful, gorgeous CD of new music for viola.  The disc is published by ECM New Series, and is entitled Neharót, and it features that miraculous violist Kim Kashkashian playing music of Betty Olivero, Tigran Mansurian, and Eitan Steinberg.  What I’ve [...]

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