Allen Shawn

August Short Fuses — Materia Critica

August 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Classical Album Review: Allen Shawn — An American Composer of Vivid and Varied Imaginings

March 31, 2023
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Allen Shawn is one of the great composers of piano music in America today, with seven piano sonatas, various suites and shorter pieces. An astounding concerto of his has been recorded by the remarkable Ursula Oppens.

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