Author Archives: laf3adm
Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi 7: A Reissue and a Revisit
Alphabetically, Nono sits between Mussorgsky and Pergolesi. There could be stranger and less compatible bookends.
Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi 7: A Reissue and a Revisit
Alphabetically, Nono sits between Mussorgsky and Pergolesi. There could be stranger and less compatible bookends.
Counting the Vagaries
Currents headed eastward… An email from a librarian…
Used Bin Troll Tweets NNN.
An alternate Requiem alongside a dramatic Mass by a prolific opera composer.
Used Bin Troll Tweets NNN.
An alternate Requiem alongside a dramatic Mass by a prolific opera composer.
A Listener’s Predicament (Also, A Concert Review)
While I do admire the impossible purity provided by engineered recordings, live events really are more satisfying for the combination of serendipity and determinism.
A Listener’s Predicament (Also, A Concert Review)
While I do admire the impossible purity provided by engineered recordings, live events really are more satisfying for the combination of serendipity and determinism.
Partly Present
Festivals inevitably vary in content, purpose and reliability.
Used Bin Troll Tweets MMM (noting a few awards too)
Yet again, further evidence that a particular curmudgeon won’t gently abide.
Used Bin Troll Tweets MMM (noting a few awards too)
Yet again, further evidence that a particular curmudgeon won’t gently abide.
Used Bin Troll Tweets LLL.
Montgeroult survived the Reign of Terror and is represented with 29 of 114 études.
Used Bin Troll Tweets LLL.
Montgeroult survived the Reign of Terror and is represented with 29 of 114 études.
Piano Factory 32.
I hear the last four sonatas as a connected sequence where Walker’s system appears to value compact expression over logic.
Piano Factory 32.
I hear the last four sonatas as a connected sequence where Walker’s system appears to value compact expression over logic.
Dvořák’s Prophecy, Shostakovich as Cure and Beethoven in Boston
Should you read one book on music this year, then this is the one.
Dvořák’s Prophecy, Shostakovich as Cure and Beethoven in Boston
Should you read one book on music this year, then this is the one.
Silvestrov in 2022 / Mostly Symphonies 42.
The thing is, we take Silvestrov’s nostalgic, weepy pieces differently now that he is an exile in Germany. I encourage a closer look at Symphony No. 5 from 1980-82.
Silvestrov in 2022 / Mostly Symphonies 42.
The thing is, we take Silvestrov’s nostalgic, weepy pieces differently now that he is an exile in Germany. I encourage a closer look at Symphony No. 5 from 1980-82.
A Ramble, Fairly Eclectic, with Turntables
Still Point was a reaction to surviving WWII in London.
A Ramble, Fairly Eclectic, with Turntables
Still Point was a reaction to surviving WWII in London.
Used Bin Troll Tweets KKK.
Exhausting and exhilarating, and elemental.