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Fanfare Magazine
November/December
2006
The Want List 2006 — William Zagorski
RZEWSKI Coming Together. Pocket Symphony. Les Moutons de
Panurge l eighth blackbird l CEDILLE CDR 90000 084
The six-person ensemble, Eighth Blackbird, masterfully realizes
three of Frederic Rzewski’s works. Rzewski (b. 1938) is a highly
inventive composer who, typical of this day and age, integrates a vast
number of musical isms into his language. His music is intricate and
demanding—that of a minimalist with an uncharacteristic appreciation
of the need for a forward thrusting and variegated harmonic rhythm, and
Eighth Blackbird sails through these scores as if they were the
most congenial of playgrounds.
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