Morton Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello CD review – virtuosic tiptoeing

Knoop/Orazbayeva/Carey/Lukoszevieze
(Another Timbre)‘All music is difficult, all music is easy. What defines a successful performance?” Pianist Mark Knoop points out a paradox that applies to most of Morton Feldman’s works, with their endless expanses of calm, tormented beauty. How to clinch the lack of obvious direction without grinding to a halt? How to find the right space and zen in music that requires intense concentration? In the case of Feldman’s last work, this qu