Articles by Year: La Folia, 2003.
David Tudor: Performer and Composer of Live Electronic Music
A listener unused to the coarseness and bite of analog electronic and computer music will find Tudor’s compositions invigorating. If you have ever tried to pull in a distant AM radio station only to be thrilled by the strange, extraneous noises that came and fled, Tudor’s electronic music is most assuredly for you.
David Tudor: Performer and Composer of Live Electronic Music
A listener unused to the coarseness and bite of analog electronic and computer music will find Tudor’s compositions invigorating. If you have ever tried to pull in a distant AM radio station only to be thrilled by the strange, extraneous noises that came and fled, Tudor’s electronic music is most assuredly for you.
Mahler on the Radio
It’s easy to imagine the Symphony of a Thousand’s cast standing alert, their bright, beaming faces ready to emit three cheers for Faust.
Mahler on the Radio
It’s easy to imagine the Symphony of a Thousand’s cast standing alert, their bright, beaming faces ready to emit three cheers for Faust.
Musicians Dissing Musicians
“Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa-Lobos?” — Igor Stravinsky
Musicians Dissing Musicians
“Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa-Lobos?” — Igor Stravinsky
An Intercepted Letter from Beth Levin
This past year I followed my freelance impulses, performing with a soprano in Edinburgh, with a mezzo in New York, and generally saying yes to everything put in my path.
An Intercepted Letter from Beth Levin
This past year I followed my freelance impulses, performing with a soprano in Edinburgh, with a mezzo in New York, and generally saying yes to everything put in my path.
Göteborgs Wond’rous Machine
When we think of pipe organs, we usually envision the big tin whistles up front, the prestants or display pipes.
Göteborgs Wond’rous Machine
When we think of pipe organs, we usually envision the big tin whistles up front, the prestants or display pipes.
Up from the Archives
Deutsche Grammophon’s Echo 20/21, Wergo’s Fortieth, and ENHB
New Goldbergs and Old Gouldbergs
At last we get rays of sunshine and breaths of fresh air in Mlle. Frisch’s new recording!
New Goldbergs and Old Gouldbergs
At last we get rays of sunshine and breaths of fresh air in Mlle. Frisch’s new recording!
Four Centuries Apart 1.
Bob van Asperen stood out in Gustav Leonhardt’s first wave of gifted pupils (Alan Curtis and Ton Koopman among them).
Four Centuries Apart 1.
Bob van Asperen stood out in Gustav Leonhardt’s first wave of gifted pupils (Alan Curtis and Ton Koopman among them).
An Eclectic Stringed Ramble
The Trio Voronezh can play anything, as this live performance recording from New Orleans will confirm.
An Eclectic Stringed Ramble
The Trio Voronezh can play anything, as this live performance recording from New Orleans will confirm.
Helmut Lachenmann on Kairos
Once again, for the first time in this cozy, sunlit nook, the listener ponders his place.
Helmut Lachenmann on Kairos
Once again, for the first time in this cozy, sunlit nook, the listener ponders his place.
Of Time and the River: B.A. Zimmermann, Mario Pagliarani
Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s discography is in a pretty good state, even if a classic recording like Palm and Kontarsky’s Intercomunicazione and the excellent CD in DG’s defunct 20th Century Classics series that last enshrined it has vanished (but not from our shelves).
Of Time and the River: B.A. Zimmermann, Mario Pagliarani
Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s discography is in a pretty good state, even if a classic recording like Palm and Kontarsky’s Intercomunicazione and the excellent CD in DG’s defunct 20th Century Classics series that last enshrined it has vanished (but not from our shelves).
Mark Levinson No. 390S CD Processor
Not long ago, an audio hardware reviewer noted an irony: As the vinyl medium wanders yet farther into its dusk, its playback hardware improves.
Mark Levinson No. 390S CD Processor
Not long ago, an audio hardware reviewer noted an irony: As the vinyl medium wanders yet farther into its dusk, its playback hardware improves.