Walt Mundkowsky was born 1944 in San Antonio, TX. As a teenager, he had a dachshund named after Hugo Wolf. Extensive writings on film (cf. his “Cinema Obscura” column in Home Theater, 1995-2001). He favors the mine-shaft approach to music listening — in-depth exploration of tiny, unrelated areas. A resident of Beverly Hills, he has lived in basements in Denver, London and Stockholm, and may very well do so again.
Walt Mundkowsky
Album Tweets 6.
Walt Mundkowsky [January 2010.] Paul BLEY: Tears (rec. Paris, 5-19-83). Bley (pno). Owl 034 984 755 9 (http://www.universalmusic.fr/). Purchased from Grooves Inc., Basel, CH (http://stores.ebay.com/groovesincuk). Bley summons past routines, haltingly. Also, Dolphy’s Music Matador (1963) and a tribute for trumpeter
January 25, 2010
Album Tweets 6.
Walt Mundkowsky [January 2010.] Paul BLEY: Tears (rec. Paris, 5-19-83). Bley (pno). Owl 034 984 755 9 (http://www.universalmusic.fr/). Purchased from Grooves Inc., Basel, CH (http://stores.ebay.com/groovesincuk). Bley summons past routines, haltingly. Also, Dolphy’s Music Matador (1963) and a tribute for trumpeter
January 25, 2010
Album Tweets 5.
Walt Mundkowsky [December 2009.] Michael PRÆTORIUS / Samuel SCHEIDT / Johann Hermann SCHEIN: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning “as it might have been celebrated around 1620” (rec. 1993). Gabrieli Consort & Players, Boys’ Choir and Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral,
December 14, 2009
Album Tweets 5.
Walt Mundkowsky [December 2009.] Michael PRÆTORIUS / Samuel SCHEIDT / Johann Hermann SCHEIN: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning “as it might have been celebrated around 1620” (rec. 1993). Gabrieli Consort & Players, Boys’ Choir and Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral,
December 14, 2009
Album Tweets 4: Late Brahms
Walt Mundkowsky [November 2009.] Johannes BRAHMS: Seven Fantasien, Op. 116 (1891-2); Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 (1892)*; Six Pieces, Op. 118 (1892-3)*; Four Pieces, Op. 119 (1892-3) (rec. 1950*, 1953). CD 4 in “Wilhelm Kempff Original Masters: complete 1950s solo recordings.”
November 25, 2009
Album Tweets 4: Late Brahms
Walt Mundkowsky [November 2009.] Johannes BRAHMS: Seven Fantasien, Op. 116 (1891-2); Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 (1892)*; Six Pieces, Op. 118 (1892-3)*; Four Pieces, Op. 119 (1892-3) (rec. 1950*, 1953). CD 4 in “Wilhelm Kempff Original Masters: complete 1950s solo recordings.”
November 25, 2009
Album Tweets 3: Strange Arts
Several Die Kunst der Fuge recordings
October 17, 2009
Album Tweets 2.
Walt Mundkowsky [September 2009.] “Andrew Rangell in Concert.” Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Thirty-three variations on a waltz theme by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 (1819-23) (4/1977 live, NYC). Maurice RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine – Le gibet – Scarbo, 1908) (7/1985
September 16, 2009
Album Tweets 2.
Walt Mundkowsky [September 2009.] “Andrew Rangell in Concert.” Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Thirty-three variations on a waltz theme by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 (1819-23) (4/1977 live, NYC). Maurice RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine – Le gibet – Scarbo, 1908) (7/1985
September 16, 2009
Album Tweets 1.
Walt Mundkowsky [August 2009.] Johann Sebastian BACH: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1740-45, 1748-50). Richard Jones edition of score; includes new Davitt Moroney harpsichord account (2 CDs, 70:30 + 19:50). The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of
August 20, 2009
Album Tweets 1.
Walt Mundkowsky [August 2009.] Johann Sebastian BACH: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1740-45, 1748-50). Richard Jones edition of score; includes new Davitt Moroney harpsichord account (2 CDs, 70:30 + 19:50). The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of
August 20, 2009
42 Amens
With Marcel Dupré’s backing, Messiaen left the Silesian prison camp in March 1941 and found work at the Paris Conservatoire as professor of harmony. He also saw his muse in a piano student who attended his first class and wrote Visions de l’Amen for them to play together.
June 13, 2009
42 Amens
With Marcel Dupré’s backing, Messiaen left the Silesian prison camp in March 1941 and found work at the Paris Conservatoire as professor of harmony. He also saw his muse in a piano student who attended his first class and wrote Visions de l’Amen for them to play together.
June 13, 2009
Dowland Our Contemporary: String Quartets
With detours, these days I go straight from the 1620s (deaths of Byrd, Gibbons, Dowland and Bull) to the modern era…
March 25, 2009
Dowland Our Contemporary: String Quartets
With detours, these days I go straight from the 1620s (deaths of Byrd, Gibbons, Dowland and Bull) to the modern era…
March 25, 2009
Recordings Revisited 1.
Paul Bley, Bob James, Obrecht and Purcell
February 18, 2009
Four Centuries Apart 2.
I’m pleased to welcome this 1995 compilation (of 1965-67 work) back to the catalog.
June 1, 2008
Four Centuries Apart 2.
I’m pleased to welcome this 1995 compilation (of 1965-67 work) back to the catalog.
June 1, 2008
Beth Levin’s Live(ly) Goldberg
Beth Levin is a poetic Schumann player (her Davidsbündlertänze would enrich the catalog), and this new Goldberg exhibits similar qualities of momentum, unity and wit.
April 25, 2008
Beth Levin’s Live(ly) Goldberg
Beth Levin is a poetic Schumann player (her Davidsbündlertänze would enrich the catalog), and this new Goldberg exhibits similar qualities of momentum, unity and wit.
April 25, 2008