Music of Mexico: Manuel Ponce and Beyond
Wherever you go in Mexico, there is music.
Really Old Music
The sacred music that enjoys a popular profile falls into two groups, the High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance (sometimes termed the Counter-Reformation).
Really Old Music
The sacred music that enjoys a popular profile falls into two groups, the High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance (sometimes termed the Counter-Reformation).
Dictatorship? In Music? Man The Barricades!
Mike Silverton and Walt Mundkowsky blindside a CD annotator.
Dictatorship? In Music? Man The Barricades!
Mike Silverton and Walt Mundkowsky blindside a CD annotator.
Helicopter String Quartet
The product of a commission Stockhausen couldn’t accept (“The string quartet is a typical genre of the 18th century”) and a later dream, the work places the members of the Arditti String Quartet in separate airborne helicopters.
Helicopter String Quartet
The product of a commission Stockhausen couldn’t accept (“The string quartet is a typical genre of the 18th century”) and a later dream, the work places the members of the Arditti String Quartet in separate airborne helicopters.
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Helicopter Quartet
There’s nothing in the least meretricious about Karlheinz Stockhausen (but mystical most certainly and another story altogether).
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Helicopter Quartet
There’s nothing in the least meretricious about Karlheinz Stockhausen (but mystical most certainly and another story altogether).
Dear La Folia 2.
I apologize for not writing sooner but I have been so busy meditating on suffering, old age and death, trying to fathom the meaning of my unlikely existence in a universe that is even more unlikely (and increasingly appears to be composed not of quarks or strings, but of imagination), that I’ve had precious little time for the really important things, like whether SACD will become the de facto new standard, or whether the Spectron Digital One amplifier is truly digital in nature.
Dear La Folia 2.
I apologize for not writing sooner but I have been so busy meditating on suffering, old age and death, trying to fathom the meaning of my unlikely existence in a universe that is even more unlikely (and increasingly appears to be composed not of quarks or strings, but of imagination), that I’ve had precious little time for the really important things, like whether SACD will become the de facto new standard, or whether the Spectron Digital One amplifier is truly digital in nature.
Three Reviews
A longtime staple of the Harmonia Mundi catalogue, Gregorio Paniagua’s La Folia deserves comment for its title alone.
Three Reviews
A longtime staple of the Harmonia Mundi catalogue, Gregorio Paniagua’s La Folia deserves comment for its title alone.
The Music of Jonathan Harvey
Jonathan Harvey’s new book/CD In Quest of Spirit (University of California Press) sets forth a sensitive philosophy of the rôle of music in spiritual change.
The Music of Jonathan Harvey
Jonathan Harvey’s new book/CD In Quest of Spirit (University of California Press) sets forth a sensitive philosophy of the rôle of music in spiritual change.
Notes on Schnittke
Russian composer Alfred Schnittke died in Hamburg August 3, 1998, silenced by the last in a series of debilitating strokes that began 13 years earlier.
Notes on Schnittke
Russian composer Alfred Schnittke died in Hamburg August 3, 1998, silenced by the last in a series of debilitating strokes that began 13 years earlier.
Music of Ethiopia and China
One can find hundreds of indigenous cassette and CD titles in Ethiopian neighborhoods of America’s largest cities.
Music of Ethiopia and China
One can find hundreds of indigenous cassette and CD titles in Ethiopian neighborhoods of America’s largest cities.
Dear La Folia 1.
The world of audiophiles, music lovers all no doubt, can be roughly divided into three camps: those who like the sound of MLP recordings, those who do not like the sound of MLP recordings, and those who have never heard MLP recordings, for whatever reason.
Dear La Folia 1.
The world of audiophiles, music lovers all no doubt, can be roughly divided into three camps: those who like the sound of MLP recordings, those who do not like the sound of MLP recordings, and those who have never heard MLP recordings, for whatever reason.
Varèse, Elgar, and Ferrari
The most recent complete survey of Varèse’s works is Riccardo Chailly’s on London.
Varèse, Elgar, and Ferrari
The most recent complete survey of Varèse’s works is Riccardo Chailly’s on London.