New Music<\/strong><\/p>\nThe music of Aaron Jay Kernis covers a wide expressive range, from the dramatic and monumental to a more intimate demeanor. But the music on this new and irresistible disc headlined by pianist Andrew Russo concentrates on sheer ingratiating beauty; good luck turning the music off after you get even a taste of what\u2019s included here. The main offering, \u201cThree Flavors,\u201d is a charmingly varied piano concerto, with Russo handling the virtuoso solo part and David Alan Miller leading the Albany Symphony Orchestra. It\u2019s based on a piece that Kernis wrote for the toy-piano virtuoso Margaret Leng Tan, and that lineage is most obvious in the first movement, which jangles and whirs like a wonderful mechanical plaything. Then there\u2019s a slow movement of practically unbearable beauty, steeped in the harmonies of the French Impressionists, and a jazzy finale to cap things off. Jazz runs through the rest of the disc as well, in \u201cTwo Movements (With Bells),\u201d a duo with Russo and violinist James Ehnes, and \u201cSuperstar Etude\u201d No. 3, Kernis\u2019 tribute to Gershwin. All of it is buoyant and alluring, with an elegiac strain running through. \u2014 Joshua Kosman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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