Thomas Christian Ensemble - String Quartets 4 & 6 - Intermezzi (CD) (New (N)) Devo Gotta Have It

Gotta Have It

/Rising Sons Music (BMI) Island Records

The Last Kiss

Guttman dialogues with the classics that shaped Western music

Thomas Christian Ensemble - String Quartets 4 & 6 - Intermezzi (CD) (New (N)) Devo Gotta Have ItAny close engagement with the later works of the Austrian composer Karl Weigl soon and almost inevitably becomes an exercise in tracing origins. Driven into American exile by the delusions of a self proclaimed master race, he, like many of his contemporaries, remained so firmly bound to his cultural roots that a nostalgic backward glance across the Atlantic becomes perceptible even where his music ventures into comparatively advanced musical language.