Conversations in Music

I’m sitting here today with two of the 19th century’s musical giants, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann.

Conversations in Music

I’m sitting here today with two of the 19th century’s musical giants, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann.

Dipping into the EA Bucket 3.

Cello / synthesizer duet Orning and Wallumrød’s fine Albedo disc delivers vivid, arresting ea… The pair’s brief improvisations take the odd-tracks.

Dipping into the EA Bucket 3.

Cello / synthesizer duet Orning and Wallumrød’s fine Albedo disc delivers vivid, arresting ea… The pair’s brief improvisations take the odd-tracks.

Respighi

A Permanently-Expanding Suite of Poems

Respighi

A Permanently-Expanding Suite of Poems

Storage Stories

A recent move necessitated a CD reshuffle.

Storage Stories

A recent move necessitated a CD reshuffle.

Boulez: A Master Speaks Anew

There may be no post-World War II work for voice and instrumentalists more famous than Pierre Boulez’s 1950s song cycle Le marteau sans maître.

Boulez: A Master Speaks Anew

There may be no post-World War II work for voice and instrumentalists more famous than Pierre Boulez’s 1950s song cycle Le marteau sans maître.

Kipple 3.

When Alex (a Ukrainian thrift-shop owner) hands me a Shostakovich CD, I pay attention; he knows his stuff.

Kipple 3.

When Alex (a Ukrainian thrift-shop owner) hands me a Shostakovich CD, I pay attention; he knows his stuff.

“Presque Fin”: Ferrari Almost Final

Robert Moog’s death on August 21, 2005 overshadowed Luc Ferrari’s passing the very next day.

“Presque Fin”: Ferrari Almost Final

Robert Moog’s death on August 21, 2005 overshadowed Luc Ferrari’s passing the very next day.

Gubaidulina: Recent Works

An orchestral piece by Gubaidulina comes with expectations: prominent metallic percussion, bustling strings, violent tutti climaxes, etc.

Gubaidulina: Recent Works

An orchestral piece by Gubaidulina comes with expectations: prominent metallic percussion, bustling strings, violent tutti climaxes, etc.

Diary of a Disquieted Pianist

On June 6, I gave a piano recital in New York…

Diary of a Disquieted Pianist

On June 6, I gave a piano recital in New York…

Sworn to Secrecy: A Tale of the CD-R

I intended to write about a solution to a problem.

Sworn to Secrecy: A Tale of the CD-R

I intended to write about a solution to a problem.

Kipple 2.

While new it went largely ignored; Webster had moved to Europe before it came out, and his style was in eclipse.

Kipple 2.

While new it went largely ignored; Webster had moved to Europe before it came out, and his style was in eclipse.

Repetition Isn’t Always the Same

Minimalism has long since crawled out of its shoebox… Bernhard Lang and Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky have poured the Kool-Aid into plastic cups of different sizes.

Repetition Isn’t Always the Same

Minimalism has long since crawled out of its shoebox… Bernhard Lang and Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky have poured the Kool-Aid into plastic cups of different sizes.