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Chamber Music of Aaron Jay Kernis
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Artist
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The Eberli Ensemble.
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Label
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Phoenix USA
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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65'24/1999
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Label Number
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142
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Daedalus Item Code
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17916
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This item is not available.
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Description
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"Kernis is patiently building a body of work that is one of the most diverse and magnificent on the contemporary scene," writes Strings. "Caught in different aspects, his music is funny and sorrowful, diffident and self-righteous, intricately learned and plainspoken, lyrical and pugnacious, and very, very beautiful…. Subtle but never arcane, accessible without pandering … the kind of contemporary music that could slip around the defenses of all but the most hardened traditionalist." Before Sleep and Dreams recalls works such as Debussy's Children's Corner, and evokes both Romantic and Impressionistic keyboard styles. The sweetly lyrical Air, with its two contrasting, continuously evolving melodies, was composed in 1995 on commission from Joshua Bell.
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