Claire Jackson
Recent articles by Claire Jackson
Khachaturian Piano Concerto: a guide to this exotic work and its best recordings
Khachaturian Piano Concerto: bold, brash, bombastic - and famous for a rather unusual instrument. Claire Jackson assesses a unique work
Who is Tan Dun? Meet the composer of the 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' score
Chinese-American composer Tan Dun has come from humble origins to achieve global success, yet his concerns remain the same – balance, humanity and the natural world, writes Claire Jackson
Jóhannsson: A Prayer to the Dynamo etc
Thomas Adès: Alchymia
Amazônia
John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries
Anthony Roth Costanzo et al; Odyssey Opera Chorus; Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose (Pentatone)
Samuel Adams: Current etc
Karen Gomyo (violin), Conor Hanick (piano); Spektral Quartet (Other Minds)
Neon (Manchester Collective)
Manchester Collective (Bedroom Community)
Penelope Thwaites – Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams
Benjamin Frith, Penelope Thwaites (piano); Tippett Quartet (SOMM)
Contemporary American Composers (Chicago/Muti)
*Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano); Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound)
Saariaho: Reconaissance (Choral Works)
Helsinki Chamber Choir/Nils Schweckendiek (BIS)
John Corigliano: Complete Solo Piano Music
Philip Edward Fisher (piano); Albany Symphony/David Alan Miller (Naxos)
Sound of the Sun
Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Virginia Symphony/Eric Jacobsen (Bright Shiny Things)
Music for a New Century
Alexey Botvinov (piano); New Century Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Hope (violin) (DG)
Pulse (Shani Diluka)
Shani Diluka (piano) (Warner Classics)
Childhood Tales (Isata Kanneh-Mason)
Isata Kaneh-Mason (piano); Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan (Decca)
Spirits (Daniel Lozakovich)
Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Stanislav Soloviev (piano) (DG)
Weill: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 etc (Swedish CO/Gruber)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra/HK Gruber (BIS)
Thomas Adès: Dante
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (Nonesuch)
Rhapsody (Wiggin/Ogawa)
Huw Wiggin (saxophone), Noriko Ogawa (piano) (Orchid Classics)
Rzewski: Dreams; War Songs etc
Bobby Mitchell (piano) (Naxos)
The American Project (Yuja Wang)
Yuja Wang (piano); Louisville Orchestra/Teddy Abrams (DG)
Bracing Change 2
Heath Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, Piatti Quartet (NMC)
Steve Reich: The String Quartets
Mivos Quartet (DG)