A Rare Gem from mode: The JACK Quartet Performs Helmut Lachenmann’s String Quartets
Helmut Lachenmann’s string quartets evolve, and always within the composer’s unique and uniquely challenging idiom, from disjunct near-stasis to something like a glimpse of the past.
A Rare Gem from mode: The JACK Quartet Performs Helmut Lachenmann’s String Quartets
Helmut Lachenmann’s string quartets evolve, and always within the composer’s unique and uniquely challenging idiom, from disjunct near-stasis to something like a glimpse of the past.
Sweet Blandishment
In music, as in all aspects of life, one must take the good with the bad.
Sweet Blandishment
In music, as in all aspects of life, one must take the good with the bad.
(Dis)Arrangements 3: Shostakovich Preludes
To accompany their Brandenburg Concerto release, Ensemble Caprice’s director arranged six preludes and one fugue from Op. 87 in complementary instrumentation. It doesn’t sound like Shostakovich – more like polytonal Rameau.
(Dis)Arrangements 3: Shostakovich Preludes
To accompany their Brandenburg Concerto release, Ensemble Caprice’s director arranged six preludes and one fugue from Op. 87 in complementary instrumentation. It doesn’t sound like Shostakovich – more like polytonal Rameau.
Lying down with Stax phones 2.
Stephen Whittington’s title must refer to Satie’s musique d’ameublement and Eno’s Music for Airports, but he turns them inside out – an exploration of inner states.
Lying down with Stax phones 2.
Stephen Whittington’s title must refer to Satie’s musique d’ameublement and Eno’s Music for Airports, but he turns them inside out – an exploration of inner states.
Used Bin Troll Tweets F.
A distinct nostalgic voice whose Concerto No. 4 idly reconstructs a lost Russia.
Used Bin Troll Tweets F.
A distinct nostalgic voice whose Concerto No. 4 idly reconstructs a lost Russia.
Mostly Symphonies 25.
Until recently, Cerha’s Spiegel was easier to see than to hear.
Mostly Symphonies 25.
Until recently, Cerha’s Spiegel was easier to see than to hear.
Snapshots: Miroslav Srnka
Piano concertos are experiencing a surge – and not merely from populist corners of the musical spectrum.
Snapshots: Miroslav Srnka
Piano concertos are experiencing a surge – and not merely from populist corners of the musical spectrum.
Concerto Concentrations 1.
Of course Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso for saxophone quartet and orchestra is going to be good.
Concerto Concentrations 1.
Of course Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso for saxophone quartet and orchestra is going to be good.
Lying down with Stax phones 1.
“Already in bed, lying on my back and wearing headphones” is my standard listening mode, hence my interest.
Lying down with Stax phones 1.
“Already in bed, lying on my back and wearing headphones” is my standard listening mode, hence my interest.
Women in Trousers: A Very Brief History of a Bizarre Operatic Tradition
Opera is full of little quirks, but the trouser role tradition may well be the icing on the cupcake of its peculiarities.
Women in Trousers: A Very Brief History of a Bizarre Operatic Tradition
Opera is full of little quirks, but the trouser role tradition may well be the icing on the cupcake of its peculiarities.
Armchair Operas and Amusements 9.
In Svoboda’s wide-ranging homage, original bits may be recostumed or might lurk beneath contemporaneous texts.
Armchair Operas and Amusements 9.
In Svoboda’s wide-ranging homage, original bits may be recostumed or might lurk beneath contemporaneous texts.
Used Bin Troll Tweets E.
Why has Jolivet’s Varèsian-Mexican Third fallen away?