Varèse update

The International Contemporary Ensemble's Varèse preview concert is now streaming at Q2, with the two-piano version of Amériques the chief attraction. As Steve Smith observed in his Times review, it's fascinating to hear Varèse's musical ideas shorn of their spectacular orchestration. By the way, I'd like to mention again Jacob Greenberg's fine CD Solitary , with a strikingly polystylistic Lied ohne Worte by the pianist.