Contemporary

Thomas Adès’s first large-scale opera, superbly cast and performed; a collection of recent works by Elliott Carter and a really appealing Violin Concerto from Berlin-based but Korean-born Unsuk Chin (a disc that includes her Rocaná).

Adès - The Tempest Soloists; Royal Opera / Thomas Adès (Winner)

Carter - The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol 8 BCMG; Juilliard Quartet;
BBC SO / Oliver Knussen

Chin - Violin Concerto. Rocaná Viviane Hagner vn Montreal SO /
Kent Nagano

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