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Klein / Kleinsasser Equipoise
New Classical,    Innova 611    CD   15

Boisterous balance of modernism and mayhem See One Sheet
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Composers Performers Related Links
Joseph Klein Ensemble Liner Notes
William Kleinsasser John Sampen A review in Italian
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Track Listing Header
Title Composer(s) Performer(s) Length
Occam's Razor Joseph Klein
Ensemble
Der Leichenschleicher Joseph Klein
Todd Markey
Of an Expanding Notion William Kleinsasser
Ensemble
Concerto for Saxophone, Chamber Orch. & Computer William Kleinsasser
John Sampen
Nova Ensemble
One Sheet Text

If you like your chamber music terse, pithy, kinetic and explosive; if you like your food knotty, chewy; if you like your movies thoughtful and ingenious; then ask your store clerk if Equipoise is right for you. Four dense works, two each by Texan Joseph Klein and Marylander William Kleinsasser, offer you the kind of experience formerly reserved for the likes of Euro icons Berio, Ligeti and Xenakis.

The virtuoso chops of star sax player John Sampen, rugged virtuoso ensembles, and a computer working overtime collide in this frenzy of campus energy. 20th Century ensemble repertoire got a kick in the rear just before the bell sounded.

Reviews

The Wire

[Klein] The most impressive ensemble work I've heard from a young composer in a long time... This is fine music from two composers who seem certain to make even more of a splash as they gain experience
by Brian Morton