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P A N P I P E S Fall 2020 45 REVIEWS BREAKING WAVES: MUSIC BY SWEDISH WOMEN COMPOSERS works by Netzel, Andrée, and Röntgen-Maier. Paula Gudmundson, flute; Tracy Lipke- Perry, piano. MSR Classics, MS1722 The debut album for Gudmundson features music by three Swedish women composers, which she discovered while researching at the Swedish Musical Heritage organization. LONGING: CHAMBER MUSIC OF REZA VALI Carpe Diem String Quartet; Charles Wetherbee, violin; David Korevaar, piano; Dariush Saghafi, santoor. MSR Classics, MS1738 Chamber music by Iranian-born composer Vali with themes of love and desire that incorporate the traditions and musical- language of his Persian heritage. SOUVENIRS - MUSIC FOR OBOE AND PIANO Works by Soler, Mueller, Rubbra, Bacewicz, and Partskhaladze. Theresa Delaplain, oboe; Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano. MSR Classics, MS1691 Oboe works from five countries (England, Poland, Russian Georgia, Spain, USA) in honor of Delaplain's father, a passionate traveler who often returned with souvenirs, including musical scores. ALONG THE CONTINUUM MUSIC FOR TRUMPET, TROMBONE AND PIANO Eric Berlin, trumpet; Greg Spiridopoulos, trombone; Ludmila Krasin, piano. MSR Classics, MS1728 The included works take the listener backwards in time through brass pieces by Holmes, Ewazen, Plog, Turrin, Castérède, and Clarke. KETE: PIANO MUSIC OF AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA William Chapman Nyaho, piano. MSR Classics, MS1708 Nyaho includes 32 pieces of little-known origin that were first shared in his first two volumes of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora with Oxford Press (2007). POÈME: SONGS OF LIFE, LOVE AND LOSS FOR SOPRANO AND PIANO Hila Plitmann, soprano; Robert Thies, piano; Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, piano; Sangeeta Kaur, soprano; John Walz, cello. MSR Classics, MS1754 A collection of nine works inspired by poetry: seven art songs based on French poems and two solo piano pieces.

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