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Piano Factory 26.
With a blunt motif, 31 variations and a coda, Riotte’s Météorite et ses métamorphoses establishes itself as a concentrated chain of modernist miniatures.
Piano Factory 26.
With a blunt motif, 31 variations and a coda, Riotte’s Météorite et ses métamorphoses establishes itself as a concentrated chain of modernist miniatures.
String Theory 30. / EA Bucket 29: Violin, sometimes with electronics
Doppelbelichtung (“Double Exposure”) presents the ingenious effect of birds imitating the violin. The exchange of instrument and recorded warblers confounds and charms.
String Theory 30. / EA Bucket 29: Violin, sometimes with electronics
Doppelbelichtung (“Double Exposure”) presents the ingenious effect of birds imitating the violin. The exchange of instrument and recorded warblers confounds and charms.
Used Bin Troll Tweets OO (Awards Edition)
Our resident curmudgeon is hardly a team player. We considered not publishing these comments as several run counter to other well-placed verdicts.
Used Bin Troll Tweets OO (Awards Edition)
Our resident curmudgeon is hardly a team player. We considered not publishing these comments as several run counter to other well-placed verdicts.
Mostly Symphonies 36.
The brief Scherzo startles with unfathomable harmonies in duple meter contradicting a bucolic trio.
Mostly Symphonies 36.
The brief Scherzo startles with unfathomable harmonies in duple meter contradicting a bucolic trio.
Two concerts
Some concerts are like encyclopedias or history lessons.
Used Bin Troll Tweets NN.
This may very well be the future.
Josef Labor Discography Update
A second update to the Josef Labor discography.
EA Bucket 28.
It has been a long time since Mariétan has appeared in these pages, and so sharing this loving portrait of France is an overdue delight.
EA Bucket 28.
It has been a long time since Mariétan has appeared in these pages, and so sharing this loving portrait of France is an overdue delight.
Ramble with Gigantic Mythical Bird
It’s just a quartet (bass flute, violin, cello, piano), but this group unleashes mysterious fury.
Ramble with Gigantic Mythical Bird
It’s just a quartet (bass flute, violin, cello, piano), but this group unleashes mysterious fury.
Used Bin Troll Tweets MM.
Independently conceived, but likely best appreciated as a prickly suite for percussion and electric guitar.
Used Bin Troll Tweets MM.
Independently conceived, but likely best appreciated as a prickly suite for percussion and electric guitar.
Mostly Symphonies 35. / (Dis)Arrangements 11: The Finale of Bruckner’s Ninth
Anton Bruckner died having completed an orchestral draft of all four movements of his Ninth. There are plenty of sketches and autograph pages, and it has been possible to construct a satisfactory performing edition. Many passages deserve to be heard, perhaps some of Bruckner’s most inventive cascading string arpeggios and luminous brass chorales.
Mostly Symphonies 35. / (Dis)Arrangements 11: The Finale of Bruckner’s Ninth
Anton Bruckner died having completed an orchestral draft of all four movements of his Ninth. There are plenty of sketches and autograph pages, and it has been possible to construct a satisfactory performing edition. Many passages deserve to be heard, perhaps some of Bruckner’s most inventive cascading string arpeggios and luminous brass chorales.
Collecting Is Forgetting
Is the zeal of a music collector, if one traces it to its roots, fundamentally any different in nature from the man who assembles his birds, books, coins, stamps, trains, or watches?
Collecting Is Forgetting
Is the zeal of a music collector, if one traces it to its roots, fundamentally any different in nature from the man who assembles his birds, books, coins, stamps, trains, or watches?