Pasquale Corrado — Works For Ensemble

Here we have a five-track album that dips into shifting and detailed modern Ensemble work of Italian composer Pasquale Corrado. His work is eventful, darting, and at points volatile/unpredictable.

Corrado is a composer, conductor, and producer with degrees in Piano, Vocal Music and Choral Conducting. He has been active since the early 2010s, and this album features samples of his work from between 2011 and 2020- with each running between the six and sixteen-minute mark- with a total CD playtime of just under fifty-six minutes.

We move from the tolling ‘n’ sawing tautness of “Ozone” which blends piano darts ‘n’ stabs, searing string swoops, tightening percussive ticks, and piping-to-warbling wind instrumentation. Onto the vigorously cascading, rapid forking, and manically tinkling flow of “Insequenza”  with its blend of flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello.

The album is finished off with “Pulse” where we find tightly shifting ‘n’ sliding layers of urgent piano tap ‘n’ bound, clamouring-to-later drifting percussive sharpness, tense string saw, and searing flute/ clarinet swoon.

Works For Ensemble highlights Corrado’s taut yet atmospheric take on modern Ensemble composition. With this album certainly pleasing those who enjoy their modern classical music darting, layered, and shifting.