Bart Scribner worked in libraries, banks and publishing until he preferred not to. After squats in public buildings, he now gets paid for it — as caretaker of an abandoned power station deemed too costly to go online. Only a lighthouse would be preferable.
Bart Scribner
What, More Words? 2.
This Orlando Consort disc interleaves Medieval works (its usual beat) and current efforts that refer to them.
October 12, 2008
What, More Words? 2.
This Orlando Consort disc interleaves Medieval works (its usual beat) and current efforts that refer to them.
October 12, 2008
What, More Words? 1.
Purcell’s incidental music for the stage shows genius paying the bills, so it makes rough sense that Aradia Ensemble is clipped and businesslike.
September 7, 2008
What, More Words? 1.
Purcell’s incidental music for the stage shows genius paying the bills, so it makes rough sense that Aradia Ensemble is clipped and businesslike.
September 7, 2008
Words Fail Me 9.
I can admire Wilson’s results without buying his thesis, that Farnaby (1562-1640) belongs with Byrd, Bull and Gibbons.
July 26, 2008
Words Fail Me 9.
I can admire Wilson’s results without buying his thesis, that Farnaby (1562-1640) belongs with Byrd, Bull and Gibbons.
July 26, 2008
Words Fail Me 8.
Gesualdo’s wrenching chromatic harmonies are apparent enough — everybody cites them.
May 11, 2008
Words Fail Me 8.
Gesualdo’s wrenching chromatic harmonies are apparent enough — everybody cites them.
May 11, 2008
Words Fail Me 7.
This is the only all-Parsons (c. 1530-1572) disc around, and it touches several bases. (He drowned mysteriously, after which the scores got scant attention.)
April 13, 2008
Words Fail Me 7.
This is the only all-Parsons (c. 1530-1572) disc around, and it touches several bases. (He drowned mysteriously, after which the scores got scant attention.)
April 13, 2008
Words Fail Me 6.
Avoid this Dowland sampler unless you approached the English Orpheus via Sting’s hit album.
March 2, 2008
Words Fail Me 6.
Avoid this Dowland sampler unless you approached the English Orpheus via Sting’s hit album.
March 2, 2008
Words Fail Me 5.
Mackintosh fronts the Purcell Quartet, Dreyfus leads viol consort Phantasm and Haugsand has recorded decisive Bach.
September 25, 2007
Words Fail Me 5.
Mackintosh fronts the Purcell Quartet, Dreyfus leads viol consort Phantasm and Haugsand has recorded decisive Bach.
September 25, 2007
Words Fail Me 3.
For years Rangell has opened recitals with a 17th-century piece, so his interest is no whim.
August 14, 2007
Words Fail Me 3.
For years Rangell has opened recitals with a 17th-century piece, so his interest is no whim.
August 14, 2007
Words Fail Me 2.
Late Liszt is terrain as well as timeline — the bleak, haunted miniatures that glimpsed the future.
August 5, 2007
Words Fail Me 2.
Late Liszt is terrain as well as timeline — the bleak, haunted miniatures that glimpsed the future.
August 5, 2007
Shostakovich States: “Masters are playing.”
Formed in 1922 as the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, the Beethoven got its permanent name in 1931 along with recognition as the top Soviet quartet — seven years before Shostakovich wrote his first.
March 10, 2007
Shostakovich States: “Masters are playing.”
Formed in 1922 as the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, the Beethoven got its permanent name in 1931 along with recognition as the top Soviet quartet — seven years before Shostakovich wrote his first.
March 10, 2007