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Piano Factory 15: Micro and Macro
Here are nine renditions of ten Holt’s most famous opus. Built from multi-measure cells which can be repeated ad lib, this may be the longest work constructed on an unbroken stream of quintuplets. It is also a potent dose of B-flat minor.
Piano Factory 15: Micro and Macro
Here are nine renditions of ten Holt’s most famous opus. Built from multi-measure cells which can be repeated ad lib, this may be the longest work constructed on an unbroken stream of quintuplets. It is also a potent dose of B-flat minor.
Disagreeable Remarks
Bore me and I’ll soon dream of ways to safely dismantle the stage.
Disagreeable Remarks
Bore me and I’ll soon dream of ways to safely dismantle the stage.
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
Universal has been issuing handsomely boxed, abundantly annotated bargain priced bricks… Decca’s The Mono Years / 1944 – 1956, the latest arrival, is, for me, the most evocative.
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
Universal has been issuing handsomely boxed, abundantly annotated bargain priced bricks… Decca’s The Mono Years / 1944 – 1956, the latest arrival, is, for me, the most evocative.
Used Bin Troll Tweets L.
Gorgeous sound and stupendous playing in this sundry program of solo viola da gamba pieces.
Used Bin Troll Tweets L.
Gorgeous sound and stupendous playing in this sundry program of solo viola da gamba pieces.
(Dis)Arrangements 6. / Piano Factory 14.
Bach and Scarlatti on piano are intrinsically arrangements, music relocated to an instrument unanticipated by their composers. Some 19th and 20th-century composer-pianists found Bach and Scarlatti too spindly for the ivories. They added notes and fleshed out chords, and took other liberties such as composing new voices or adjusting harmonies.
(Dis)Arrangements 6. / Piano Factory 14.
Bach and Scarlatti on piano are intrinsically arrangements, music relocated to an instrument unanticipated by their composers. Some 19th and 20th-century composer-pianists found Bach and Scarlatti too spindly for the ivories. They added notes and fleshed out chords, and took other liberties such as composing new voices or adjusting harmonies.
Paul Bley’s singular Ballads
Reissues in Japan often exhibit a short life. This influential album hit CD 15 years ago, but only on the Japanese market, and will now appear there (briefly!) in SHM-CD attire.
Paul Bley’s singular Ballads
Reissues in Japan often exhibit a short life. This influential album hit CD 15 years ago, but only on the Japanese market, and will now appear there (briefly!) in SHM-CD attire.
Mostly Symphonies 27.
I’ve previously expressed impatience with Mahler’s First, however, this release bucks the trend doubly. First, this 2004 live performance is bright and energetic. Second, perhaps because this is a Hungarian effort and the symphony’s five-movement incarnation originally premiered in Budapest, Kocsis restores the Blumine movement.
Mostly Symphonies 27.
I’ve previously expressed impatience with Mahler’s First, however, this release bucks the trend doubly. First, this 2004 live performance is bright and energetic. Second, perhaps because this is a Hungarian effort and the symphony’s five-movement incarnation originally premiered in Budapest, Kocsis restores the Blumine movement.
EA Bucket 21.
The best ea defies explanation and labeling. We find ourselves in a world where the familiar takes on varying expressions.
EA Bucket 21.
The best ea defies explanation and labeling. We find ourselves in a world where the familiar takes on varying expressions.
Four Centuries Apart 4.
Get this disc by Josie and the Emeralds, an enterprising soprano and quartet of viols in Australia, for the two-thirds that’s new to us.
Four Centuries Apart 4.
Get this disc by Josie and the Emeralds, an enterprising soprano and quartet of viols in Australia, for the two-thirds that’s new to us.
Not an Encomium for Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez, the maître, will turn 90 next month. This occasion engenders a poem and a brief acknowledgment of conflicted thoughts.
Not an Encomium for Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez, the maître, will turn 90 next month. This occasion engenders a poem and a brief acknowledgment of conflicted thoughts.
Used Bin Troll Tweets K.
Alas, they don’t make them like this anymore!
Percussion with Pianos
There are old and new friends to be found in Edwardes’ excellent recital.
Percussion with Pianos
There are old and new friends to be found in Edwardes’ excellent recital.