Letter from the Provinces
From my outpost here in quaint New England, the big town across the river is sometimes provincial, sometimes small-minded when it comes to music events.
Letter from the Provinces
From my outpost here in quaint New England, the big town across the river is sometimes provincial, sometimes small-minded when it comes to music events.
Walt’s Ratatouille 2.
Diddling with Bach has been old hat for more than a century, and lately I’ve sighted Goldbergs from accordion, brass quintet, cathedral organ, jazz trio, overdubbed guitars, and several string ensembles.
Walt’s Ratatouille 2.
Diddling with Bach has been old hat for more than a century, and lately I’ve sighted Goldbergs from accordion, brass quintet, cathedral organ, jazz trio, overdubbed guitars, and several string ensembles.
The Year’s Best
The Year’s Best Piano release, plus Mahler, Andriessen, Aluminum and Glass
The Year’s Best
The Year’s Best Piano release, plus Mahler, Andriessen, Aluminum and Glass
The Hyperion Schubert Lieder Edition, Part Two
Here we continue with Volume 15.
Scardanelli’s Jazz Motley
When I received the between the lines publicity packet, Franz Koglmann’s name caught my eye.
Scardanelli’s Jazz Motley
When I received the between the lines publicity packet, Franz Koglmann’s name caught my eye.
Scardanelli’s Classical Motley
This Telarc’s ur audience dwelt in unself-conscious Gemütlichkeit, pastry, waltz and polka spiced, with, for kicks, Hungarian pizzazz.
Scardanelli’s Classical Motley
This Telarc’s ur audience dwelt in unself-conscious Gemütlichkeit, pastry, waltz and polka spiced, with, for kicks, Hungarian pizzazz.
Jazz Column
Now that maestro Chico O’Farrill has been rediscovered all over again — and he never went anywhere in the first place — the Afro-Cuban scene can smile a broad grin of recognition that one of its central figures is here given room to show off.
Jazz Column
Now that maestro Chico O’Farrill has been rediscovered all over again — and he never went anywhere in the first place — the Afro-Cuban scene can smile a broad grin of recognition that one of its central figures is here given room to show off.
Two Italians on Mode
At first glance, Luigi Nono and Giacinto Scelsi could not seem further apart.
Two Italians on Mode
At first glance, Luigi Nono and Giacinto Scelsi could not seem further apart.
Incredible Risks: New and Improvised Music
I’ve been eschewing the live scene for a few month to take stock, literally, of the new releases happily flooding the market.
Incredible Risks: New and Improvised Music
I’ve been eschewing the live scene for a few month to take stock, literally, of the new releases happily flooding the market.
New Music on Naïve Montaigne, Part Two
At first (in the early ’90s) there was Disques Montaigne, then Auvidis Montaigne, and now Naïve Montaigne. The new label has established a midline series, stocked with 20 previous titles and a sampler.
New Music on Naïve Montaigne, Part Two
At first (in the early ’90s) there was Disques Montaigne, then Auvidis Montaigne, and now Naïve Montaigne. The new label has established a midline series, stocked with 20 previous titles and a sampler.
Composed and deComposed: Music of Our Centuries
It’s alive, music is. The concert halls this year are filled with the most amazing work and, just like discs, I cry over the ones I couldn’t get to hear, such as the Messiaen piano festival at Cooper Union.
Composed and deComposed: Music of Our Centuries
It’s alive, music is. The concert halls this year are filled with the most amazing work and, just like discs, I cry over the ones I couldn’t get to hear, such as the Messiaen piano festival at Cooper Union.