Hope Street Tunnel Blues III (1983). Alvin Curran /sorcery/

In a review of Bruce Brubaker's new recording, Joshua Kosman acknowledges the pianist's abilities compared to the playing of Philip Glass. And regarding the performance of Alvin Curran's music:

In the frenzied chords of "Hope Street Tunnel Blues III" and the more serene speculations of "Inner Cities II," Brubaker pries out the structural underpinnings and rhetorical grandeur of Curran's broad, grandly repetitive canvases. He has the sorcerer's touch.

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alvincurran.com: sample of hope street score last.fm: bruce brubaker artist page with free glass mp3

Comments

[jeremy]

this cd rocks!!

the piece hope street tunnel blues is overwhelming -- the performance is super-human and full of soul