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The Making of a Medium, Vol. 15: Double Concertos by William Wallace, Dinos Constantinides, James Niblock


"[Constantinides'] Concerto of Psalms alone makes this offering worth acquiring. Its harmonic language and orchestration are stunning and its ethnically Greek flavors are impossible to resist. This is music in the best traditions of Ravel—simultaneously parsimonious and powerful—and its journey from start to finish proceeds with a sureness of both technical and affective control that makes the trip a musical Odyssey that far transcends its modest time parameters. Its title brings Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms to mind, and Constantinides hues to that master's minimalism, but with a far warmer and consoling message." 
—William Zagorski, Fanfare 27:2 (Nov/Dec 2003)

"The Verdehr Trio (violin, clarinet, and piano) has been building up an impressive discography on the Crystal label. ... I found the Constantinides Concerto of Psalms particularly fresh and arresting in its harmonic language and ethnic projection... ."
—"Want List for William Zagorski [2003]"
Fanfare 27:2 (Nov/Dec 2003) 

The Making of a Medium, Vol. 15: Double Concertos by William Wallace, Dinos Constantinides, James Niblock

Performers
Walter Verdehr, violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet
Piece
Concerto of Psalms for Violin, Clarinet in Bb and Orchestra, LRC185
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