Articles by Year: La Folia, 2005.
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble at Willow Place Auditorium
Willow Place is a tiny street I almost missed.
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble at Willow Place Auditorium
Willow Place is a tiny street I almost missed.
Piano Quintets from Varied Lands
In his piano quintet, Swiss composer / trombonist Dahinden echoes Richard Long’s sculptural stone arrangements.
Piano Quintets from Varied Lands
In his piano quintet, Swiss composer / trombonist Dahinden echoes Richard Long’s sculptural stone arrangements.
Marketing MTT — What It’s All About
Michael Tilson Thomas and Company have done it yet again — produced a symphony season as ordinary and unchallenging as the programming for the commercial classical radio station.
Marketing MTT — What It’s All About
Michael Tilson Thomas and Company have done it yet again — produced a symphony season as ordinary and unchallenging as the programming for the commercial classical radio station.
Artur Schnabel’s Seven Piano Pieces
Written in 1947 at Sils Maria in the Swiss Alps, Seven Piano Pieces is Schnabel’s last composition for piano, and in his own estimation, his best.
Artur Schnabel’s Seven Piano Pieces
Written in 1947 at Sils Maria in the Swiss Alps, Seven Piano Pieces is Schnabel’s last composition for piano, and in his own estimation, his best.
Felicja Blumental on BRANA Records
The volumes of Spanish and Portuguese Keyboard Music…, the only solo discs among the group considered here, quickly became favorites…
Felicja Blumental on BRANA Records
The volumes of Spanish and Portuguese Keyboard Music…, the only solo discs among the group considered here, quickly became favorites…
Huddersfield Festival 2004: Transpontine Reactions 2.
Installments two and three of the three-part retrospective of this past year’s Huddersfield Festival are made possible by BBC 3’s Hear and Now, which presented six concerts from this massive event.
Huddersfield Festival 2004: Transpontine Reactions 2.
Installments two and three of the three-part retrospective of this past year’s Huddersfield Festival are made possible by BBC 3’s Hear and Now, which presented six concerts from this massive event.
Walt’s Ratatouille 8.
This 1998 CD (available here as Elektra / Asylum 22109) takes a wilder swing at updating John Dowland than ECM’s subsequent In Darkness Let Me Dwell would, so its “fixes” are more fun for the Dowland admirer.
Walt’s Ratatouille 8.
This 1998 CD (available here as Elektra / Asylum 22109) takes a wilder swing at updating John Dowland than ECM’s subsequent In Darkness Let Me Dwell would, so its “fixes” are more fun for the Dowland admirer.
On Themes by Klimt and Mahler
“Occidental notes of flute and oboe gleam in gold and green.”
On Themes by Klimt and Mahler
“Occidental notes of flute and oboe gleam in gold and green.”
Italian Vacation 2.
Chandos delivers a stellar, single-disc introduction to Dallapiccola, Italy’s first confident serialist.
Italian Vacation 2.
Chandos delivers a stellar, single-disc introduction to Dallapiccola, Italy’s first confident serialist.
The Forgotten, the Unfamiliar and the Unknowable
Sterling, a champion of the forgotten and unfamiliar, remains on target with these two releases.
The Forgotten, the Unfamiliar and the Unknowable
Sterling, a champion of the forgotten and unfamiliar, remains on target with these two releases.
A Naif Sees Handel’s Rodelinda at the Met
A happy survivor, I’m delighted to report that Rodelinda ranks among the best Met productions I’ve seen, a sublime meld of singing, staging and drama.
A Naif Sees Handel’s Rodelinda at the Met
A happy survivor, I’m delighted to report that Rodelinda ranks among the best Met productions I’ve seen, a sublime meld of singing, staging and drama.