| Krzywicki describes his Partita as "both a suite and a
 set of informal variations,"
 written for oboist Fredric T.
 Cohen, who subsequently
 recorded the work as part of
 the second Albany Records
 compilation of Krzywicki
 chamber music, Alchemy. On the
 classical music blog
 ICareIfYouListen.com, David
 Pearson waxes poetic: "Thick
 intensities sometimes give way
 to barren moments. At times
 the oboe soars towards a goal
 in its upper extremes, taking
 a few times and building the
 tension before reaching it.
 The piano punctuates,
 sometimes lays into a heavy
 groove for a short time, and
 pulls out sonorities ranging
 from booming low chords,
 plucked sounds, to ambiguous
 ethereal textures." For
 advanced performers. Dur.:
 16'.
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