Articles by Year: La Folia, 2004.
The Best Kind of Attitude: TACET
…as a music lover and audiophile (in close to equal measure), I’m here to shout “Eureka!”
The Best Kind of Attitude: TACET
…as a music lover and audiophile (in close to equal measure), I’m here to shout “Eureka!”
A Surprise in ‘Most Every Box
Produced in conjunction with a 1999 Swiss Mariétan exposition, this obscure 1998 Terra Ignota CD documents several installations and projects.
A Surprise in ‘Most Every Box
Produced in conjunction with a 1999 Swiss Mariétan exposition, this obscure 1998 Terra Ignota CD documents several installations and projects.
Two ECM Beauties: Holliger and Lachenmann
No surprise, then, that a few highbrow composers whose methods derive in large measure from Europe’s postwar avant-garde strike an aesthetic posture of one-against-the-middlebrow-many.
Two ECM Beauties: Holliger and Lachenmann
No surprise, then, that a few highbrow composers whose methods derive in large measure from Europe’s postwar avant-garde strike an aesthetic posture of one-against-the-middlebrow-many.
La Folia Lost a Dear Companion
W.A. Grieve-Smith, 1928-2004.
Copland and Me: Two Concerts and a Recording
On Saturday, November 22, 1980, a 14 1/2-hour concert took place at New York City’s Symphony Space on the Upper West Side, one of the first Wall-to-Wall Concerts. Celebrating the 80th birthday (actually November 14) of Aaron Copland, it included works by the birthday boy, as well as from other American composers.
Copland and Me: Two Concerts and a Recording
On Saturday, November 22, 1980, a 14 1/2-hour concert took place at New York City’s Symphony Space on the Upper West Side, one of the first Wall-to-Wall Concerts. Celebrating the 80th birthday (actually November 14) of Aaron Copland, it included works by the birthday boy, as well as from other American composers.
Listening to the Radio. Again.
I really do more than listen to the radio. Sometimes I drive around and listen to the radio.
Listening to the Radio. Again.
I really do more than listen to the radio. Sometimes I drive around and listen to the radio.
Georges Aperghis and Die Hamletmaschine
Rich with nuances often lost in translation, Aperghis’ work readily communicates emotional extremes with comic flair.
Georges Aperghis and Die Hamletmaschine
Rich with nuances often lost in translation, Aperghis’ work readily communicates emotional extremes with comic flair.
Einstürzende Neubauten’s Die Hamletmaschine
Noise rockers Einstürzende Neubauten got the chance to record Die Hamletmaschine for East German radio in 1990.
Einstürzende Neubauten’s Die Hamletmaschine
Noise rockers Einstürzende Neubauten got the chance to record Die Hamletmaschine for East German radio in 1990.
The Red Toucan Story, then and now
Normally, we don’t post contributions that resemble press releases. However, when quality labels deserve attention, we try to do what we can to assist.
The Red Toucan Story, then and now
Normally, we don’t post contributions that resemble press releases. However, when quality labels deserve attention, we try to do what we can to assist.
RetraCE We NeW E CarteR
Although he continues to produce music at a remarkable pace, his is hardly a household name due largely to an unapologetically dissonant (but never serial), arrhythmic style.
RetraCE We NeW E CarteR
Although he continues to produce music at a remarkable pace, his is hardly a household name due largely to an unapologetically dissonant (but never serial), arrhythmic style.
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern
Helmut Lachenmann’s Opera on The Little Match Girl
Notes of a Working Pianist
So, naturally, just as I’m a few chords short of entering Bellevue for observation, the telephone rings and a conductor speaks.
Notes of a Working Pianist
So, naturally, just as I’m a few chords short of entering Bellevue for observation, the telephone rings and a conductor speaks.