"Polyglot" Recontextualizes and De-Centers the Canon through an Exploration of Musical Pluralism
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Read MorePolyglot is a quietly ambitious album that reimagines the classical canon through a lens of cultural plurality. Anchored by pianist Han Chen's sensitive, clear-eyed playing, the collection moves fluidly between contemporary works—many by Puerto Rican composers—and Brahms, allowing each piece to speak in its own distinct language while remaining in conversation with the whole.
"The album closes with Brahms' Clarinet Trio in A minor, which Schultz and his collaborators play with admirable warmth, but also an uncommon sensitivity and precision of expression. Their blend and balance is commendable throughout this bittersweet work."— I Care If You Listen
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