In August 1952, when John Cage premiered his landmark composition 4’33”, the guy who sat at the piano occasionally turning a page but never hitting any keys was David Tudor. An avant-garde pianist and ...
A host of popular styles is packed into Samuel Barber's Excursions," Op. 20, which tests a player's technical and expressive resources. Myer didn't sweat a bit bringing suavity to the collection, and ...