Articles by Year: La Folia, 2002.

Recordings Alone: Part II, Silence & Speech

Cage is famous for showing that silence is sounds.

Recordings Alone: Part II, Silence & Speech

Cage is famous for showing that silence is sounds.

Recordings Alone: Part I, Introduction

Most recordings of music and sounds are records of events, analog or digital versions of sonic waveforms… A very small number of recordings are themselves originals.

Recordings Alone: Part I, Introduction

Most recordings of music and sounds are records of events, analog or digital versions of sonic waveforms… A very small number of recordings are themselves originals.

Buxtehude: Vocal Works

To dispel all blues and banish gray clouds, go directly to cut # 3: Nun danket alle Gott…

Buxtehude: Vocal Works

To dispel all blues and banish gray clouds, go directly to cut # 3: Nun danket alle Gott…

WHRB’s Spring 2002 Orgy Period

This season, listeners were treated to about 176 hours of Franz Joseph Haydn.

WHRB’s Spring 2002 Orgy Period

This season, listeners were treated to about 176 hours of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Rebecca Saunders on Kairos

One of the obvious conclusions I drew from listening to this music is Saunders’ delight in the palpable nature of sound and in the physicality of its creation.

Rebecca Saunders on Kairos

One of the obvious conclusions I drew from listening to this music is Saunders’ delight in the palpable nature of sound and in the physicality of its creation.

Modern Nasty Recordings

or Why Did Everyone Go So Terribly Wrong?

Modern Nasty Recordings

or Why Did Everyone Go So Terribly Wrong?

Northern Bright Lights

Leif Ove Andsnes discusses the Risor Festival of Chamber music, June 25 through June 30, 2002

Northern Bright Lights

Leif Ove Andsnes discusses the Risor Festival of Chamber music, June 25 through June 30, 2002

Vintage Klemperer and Schuricht

Do we really need recordings of “live” performances issued on small independent labels by artists who have recorded the same repertory in superior sound for easily available large labels?

Vintage Klemperer and Schuricht

Do we really need recordings of “live” performances issued on small independent labels by artists who have recorded the same repertory in superior sound for easily available large labels?

Hobby? Ha!

I believe that the audiophile’s passions fall as far from a hobby as it’s possible to get this side of running amok.

Hobby? Ha!

I believe that the audiophile’s passions fall as far from a hobby as it’s possible to get this side of running amok.

Why Classical Sound is Better These Days

In issue 136 of The Absolute Sound, Robert Harley tackles a topic that has fascinated me for years. Harley contends that classical recording has become better of late for a curiously ironic reason.

Why Classical Sound is Better These Days

In issue 136 of The Absolute Sound, Robert Harley tackles a topic that has fascinated me for years. Harley contends that classical recording has become better of late for a curiously ironic reason.

A Personalized Ramble

Some readers will notice I haven’t lived up to my promises. The excuses aren’t worth mentioning, except that you should visit our newly reorganized archives, and be prepared to spend at least 12 hours a day there.

A Personalized Ramble

Some readers will notice I haven’t lived up to my promises. The excuses aren’t worth mentioning, except that you should visit our newly reorganized archives, and be prepared to spend at least 12 hours a day there.

Collections and Colecciónes

Nuits — weiß wie Lilien, The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book, Kronos’ Nuevo, etc.

Collections and Colecciónes

Nuits — weiß wie Lilien, The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book, Kronos’ Nuevo, etc.