A Listener’s Predicament (Also, A Concert Review)
While I do admire the impossible purity provided by engineered recordings, live events really are more satisfying for the combination of serendipity and determinism.
A Listener’s Predicament (Also, A Concert Review)
While I do admire the impossible purity provided by engineered recordings, live events really are more satisfying for the combination of serendipity and determinism.
Partly Present
Festivals inevitably vary in content, purpose and reliability.
Used Bin Troll Tweets MMM (noting a few awards too)
Yet again, further evidence that a particular curmudgeon won’t gently abide.
Used Bin Troll Tweets MMM (noting a few awards too)
Yet again, further evidence that a particular curmudgeon won’t gently abide.
Used Bin Troll Tweets LLL.
Montgeroult survived the Reign of Terror and is represented with 29 of 114 études.
Used Bin Troll Tweets LLL.
Montgeroult survived the Reign of Terror and is represented with 29 of 114 études.
Piano Factory 32.
I hear the last four sonatas as a connected sequence where Walker’s system appears to value compact expression over logic.
Piano Factory 32.
I hear the last four sonatas as a connected sequence where Walker’s system appears to value compact expression over logic.
Dvořák’s Prophecy, Shostakovich as Cure and Beethoven in Boston
Should you read one book on music this year, then this is the one.
Dvořák’s Prophecy, Shostakovich as Cure and Beethoven in Boston
Should you read one book on music this year, then this is the one.
Silvestrov in 2022 / Mostly Symphonies 42.
The thing is, we take Silvestrov’s nostalgic, weepy pieces differently now that he is an exile in Germany. I encourage a closer look at Symphony No. 5 from 1980-82.
Silvestrov in 2022 / Mostly Symphonies 42.
The thing is, we take Silvestrov’s nostalgic, weepy pieces differently now that he is an exile in Germany. I encourage a closer look at Symphony No. 5 from 1980-82.
A Ramble, Fairly Eclectic, with Turntables
Still Point was a reaction to surviving WWII in London.
A Ramble, Fairly Eclectic, with Turntables
Still Point was a reaction to surviving WWII in London.
Used Bin Troll Tweets KKK.
Exhausting and exhilarating, and elemental.
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Beth Levin and Max Derrickson discuss Beth’s upcoming recital and recording featuring Liszt’s Sonata in B minor and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Beth Levin and Max Derrickson discuss Beth’s upcoming recital and recording featuring Liszt’s Sonata in B minor and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
String Theory 39.
Exceptionally fine performances of the Price quartets and quintets set a high bar for others to follow.
String Theory 39.
Exceptionally fine performances of the Price quartets and quintets set a high bar for others to follow.
Used Bin Troll Tweets JJJ.
It sure ain’t Brahms.