Vol. 3, No. 4
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More about organs than you wanted to know
Earlier in La Folia I raved about the recording quality, choral and organ performance and the organ itself — not to mention the ideal reverberant acoustic. This CD release is one of the highlights of my half-century of collecting recordings!
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More about organs than you wanted to know
Earlier in La Folia I raved about the recording quality, choral and organ performance and the organ itself — not to mention the ideal reverberant acoustic. This CD release is one of the highlights of my half-century of collecting recordings!
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Modal Magic from Winchester
Many of us had our introduction to the music of Thomas Tallis via Vaughn Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.”
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Modal Magic from Winchester
Many of us had our introduction to the music of Thomas Tallis via Vaughn Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.”
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Close, but no Seeger
My first encounter with what we now call folk music was truly an auspicious one. But who knew at the time?
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Close, but no Seeger
My first encounter with what we now call folk music was truly an auspicious one. But who knew at the time?
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Globalization and the Destruction of Culture
The whole world was up in arms when the Talibans blew up the statues of the giant Buddhas at the foot of a mountain in Afghanistan — the world’s heritage. It was a shameful and stupid act, the result of over-zealous religious fanaticism.
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Globalization and the Destruction of Culture
The whole world was up in arms when the Talibans blew up the statues of the giant Buddhas at the foot of a mountain in Afghanistan — the world’s heritage. It was a shameful and stupid act, the result of over-zealous religious fanaticism.
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Recordings of new and recent music
Charmed by his first experience of a music fair (a convention where closely spaced booths are simultaneously demonstrating different music products), Kagel constructed this 41-minute work, a “kaleidoscope” where “ different situations unexpectedly succeed one another and coexist simultaneously.”
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Recordings of new and recent music
Charmed by his first experience of a music fair (a convention where closely spaced booths are simultaneously demonstrating different music products), Kagel constructed this 41-minute work, a “kaleidoscope” where “ different situations unexpectedly succeed one another and coexist simultaneously.”
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The Year’s So Far Best
Mike Silverton [August 2001. Originally appeared in La Folia 3:4.] Heinz HOLLIGER: Schneewittchen (Snow White), opera in five scenes, with prologue and epilogue. Libretto adapted by Heinz Holliger from Robert Walser’s play Schneewittchen. Juliane Banse, soprano, Snow White; Cornelia Kallisch,
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The Year’s So Far Best
Mike Silverton [August 2001. Originally appeared in La Folia 3:4.] Heinz HOLLIGER: Schneewittchen (Snow White), opera in five scenes, with prologue and epilogue. Libretto adapted by Heinz Holliger from Robert Walser’s play Schneewittchen. Juliane Banse, soprano, Snow White; Cornelia Kallisch,
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Caruso on Stage
I have lately been revisiting my small, but now growing, collection of very old (circa 1916) acoustic Victor Red Seal vocal 78’s of Caruso, Galli-Curci, Melba, Schumann-Heink, and Tetrazzini.
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Caruso on Stage
I have lately been revisiting my small, but now growing, collection of very old (circa 1916) acoustic Victor Red Seal vocal 78’s of Caruso, Galli-Curci, Melba, Schumann-Heink, and Tetrazzini.
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Piano Diary 4.
The Aftermath of Liszt’s Dante Sonata and The Amato Opera Company, Mozart’s Don Giovanni , May 4th, 2001, 7:30 PM.
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Piano Diary 4.
The Aftermath of Liszt’s Dante Sonata and The Amato Opera Company, Mozart’s Don Giovanni , May 4th, 2001, 7:30 PM.
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Walt’s Ratatouille 4.
Cole’s highlights package hasn’t been assembled with great care, but it does lend an old fan the excuse to spill some opinions.
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Walt’s Ratatouille 4.
Cole’s highlights package hasn’t been assembled with great care, but it does lend an old fan the excuse to spill some opinions.
![](https://www.lafolia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/alt27.jpg)
A Cornucopia Of Great Verdi Singing: Les Introuvables Du Chant Verdien (Rarities Of Verdi Singing)
A cornucopia of great Verdi singing comes in a worthy eight CD package (at bargain price) from EMI (EMI 574 217-2).
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A Cornucopia Of Great Verdi Singing: Les Introuvables Du Chant Verdien (Rarities Of Verdi Singing)
A cornucopia of great Verdi singing comes in a worthy eight CD package (at bargain price) from EMI (EMI 574 217-2).
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Incredible Risks: New and Improvised Musics
New releases are coming out quicker than you can say CD-R, both reissues of music considered risky decades ago, or of musicians still trying to both push the edges and absorb the traditions.
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Incredible Risks: New and Improvised Musics
New releases are coming out quicker than you can say CD-R, both reissues of music considered risky decades ago, or of musicians still trying to both push the edges and absorb the traditions.