A Catalogue of Darknesses, Part 2.

Music as a balm, laced with much more than the weight of its usual essence, is a lethal weapon.

A Catalogue of Darknesses, Part 2.

Music as a balm, laced with much more than the weight of its usual essence, is a lethal weapon.

La Folia is Twenty

La Folia continues in its anfractuous fashion… We started quirky and the tradition persists these twenty years on.

La Folia is Twenty

La Folia continues in its anfractuous fashion… We started quirky and the tradition persists these twenty years on.

String Theory 27: Quartet Focus

These are premiere recordings of works which fell through the 20th century’s cracks.

String Theory 27: Quartet Focus

These are premiere recordings of works which fell through the 20th century’s cracks.

Lying down with Stax phones 3.

This set of 27 Passion Week Responsoria was the third and last Lumen Valo release for Alba, before forming their own label.

Lying down with Stax phones 3.

This set of 27 Passion Week Responsoria was the third and last Lumen Valo release for Alba, before forming their own label.

String Theory 26: Some Duos, Duets

The Miller Porfiris Duo offers what appear to be the first complete performance of Fuchs’ overlooked 12 Duets.

String Theory 26: Some Duos, Duets

The Miller Porfiris Duo offers what appear to be the first complete performance of Fuchs’ overlooked 12 Duets.

Used Bin Troll Tweets FF.

Reintroducing the prolific Antonio Farina.

Used Bin Troll Tweets FF.

Reintroducing the prolific Antonio Farina.

Narrow-Minded Opinionism 2.

It’s like a cable series that improves at midpoint.

Narrow-Minded Opinionism 2.

It’s like a cable series that improves at midpoint.

Innovation in Boston

Three recent concerts in Boston featuring Adès, Ives and Shepherd.

Innovation in Boston

Three recent concerts in Boston featuring Adès, Ives and Shepherd.

Snapshots: Of Crystal

I had tuned into this concert to hear the Seventh Symphony of Mahler… but of course sat through the opener.

Snapshots: Of Crystal

I had tuned into this concert to hear the Seventh Symphony of Mahler… but of course sat through the opener.

Piano Factory 23.

Forsberg offers a program of doubly neglected works. First off, these are all pieces by women composers, and secondly, none of them fits easily into the big styles of the late 19th or early 20th century.

Piano Factory 23.

Forsberg offers a program of doubly neglected works. First off, these are all pieces by women composers, and secondly, none of them fits easily into the big styles of the late 19th or early 20th century.

Used Bin Troll Tweets EE.

Among the most elusive string quartet works imaginable.

Used Bin Troll Tweets EE.

Among the most elusive string quartet works imaginable.

A Catalogue of Darknesses, Part 1.

What better way to greet a new year, or indeed any year, month, week, or day, than to obsess over works of melancholy?

A Catalogue of Darknesses, Part 1.

What better way to greet a new year, or indeed any year, month, week, or day, than to obsess over works of melancholy?