Mimi Ezust <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Joel Lazar wrote:
>
>>I'd be sure to include (in no particular order) Nicholas Maw, Sofia
>>Gubaidulina and Gyorgy Ligeti in any such short list.
>
>Please talk a bit about Nicholas Maw. I have never heard any of his
>compositions.

Nicholas Maw wrote, and Simon Rattle recorded, a mammoth (2 cd) orchestral
piece called "Odyssey".  Its I suppose, neoromantic, but the label does not
say much of interest.  It is rich, warm, complex music, and I find - one of
the advantages of home listening- that I can listen in installments and it
makes sense that way.

I recall that Rattle was so committed to it, that he pushed very hard
on his usual recording company (EMI?) to record it as a condition for
a continued relationship.

Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University