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Article: Liebermann: Symphony No. 2; Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Andrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Delos DE 3256.(Review)
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- June 1, 2001
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Liebermann: Symphony No. 2; Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Andrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Delos DE 3256.
At last, somebody is listening. Lowell Liebermann takes 20th-century music out of the realm of purely atonal dissonance and attempts to move us with beautiful sounds. In the booklet insert, Peter G. Davis asks, "Did musical composition take a wrong turn at some point early in the twentieth century?" Clearly, the answer is yes, or how explain the public's general dissatisfaction with modern classical music. Critics throughout the 20th century have been telling the public they are just too unsophisticated, too ...