Post Tagged with: "Classical Music"

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Vince Mendoza – Nights on Earth (2011)

It’s been some time since we’ve heard Vince Mendoza working in such a personal context. You May Also Like: Kait Dunton, with John D’earth – ‘Planet D’earth’ (2019) William Parker – ‘Mayan Space Station’ (2021) Jon Irabagon – ‘I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But the Blues Vol. 3: Anatomical Snuffbox’ (2020)

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Something Else! sneak peek: Paul McCartney – Ocean's Kingdom (2011)

Listen in as Paul McCartney makes his initial foray into the world of dance with the forthcoming release Ocean’s Kingdom, commissioned for the New York City Ballet and performed by the London Classical Orchestra. You May Also Like: Paul McCartney Found Collaborative, First-Take Genius Again With ‘Electric Arguments’ Paul McCartney’sRead More

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Steve Kuhn with Strings – Promises Kept (2004)

by Mark Saleski I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of jazz “with strings” records that ‘work’ for me. This is a somewhat mysterious phenomenon as jazz and improvised music is food to me. You May Also Like: Steve Kuhn Trio – ‘To and FromRead More

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Europa String Choir – Lemon Crash (2008)

by Tom Johnson I awoke at 3 a.m. and that was it. My sleep was over. I laid awake for hours, mentally shaking an invisible, frustrated fist at the darkness. It wasn’t the first such night; it won’t be the last. You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “Car Crash” (2019):Read More

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Marshall and Lichtenberg – Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg (2010)

by Mark Saleski Most people think of the mandolin as being a rootsy, countrified kind of instrument. Surely there is no denying the rich history of the bluegrass side of the mandolin. You May Also Like: Mike Baggetta, mike watt + Jim Keltner – ‘Everywhen We Go’ (2022) Tyler MitchellRead More

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Vicious World – Plays the Music of Rufus Wainwright (2011)

Originally named for a Rufus Wainwright song, it was perhaps inevitable that Vicious World would eventually devote an entire album to this underrated contemporary singer-songwriter. That doesn’t make the prospect any less daunting You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Half Notes: Anti-Social Music – Is The Future Of Everything (2011)

Last year, the outlaw chamber music cooperative Anti-Social Music did something that was out of the ordinary for a democratic cooperative and presented songs only by of its thirteen members, Pat Muchmore. But there has never been anything ordinary about ASM to begin with. In one sense, you can callRead More

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Stephane Grappelli – ‘Plays Jerome Kern’ (1987): Half Notes

Stephane Grappelli’s ‘Plays Jerome Kern’ wasn’t a rethinking of the legendary American Broadway composer’s work, so much as a deeply romantic, light jazz/classical aside.

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John Adams – ‘On the Transmigration of Souls’ (2002)

John Adam’s deeply emotional ‘On the Transmigration of Souls’ is difficult, and not just because it’s a classical operatic piece of the minimalist school.

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Movies: Kronos Quartet – Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 (2010)

by Mark Saleski Volume 8 in the Smithsonian Folkways series on the music of Central Asia paired the Kronos Quartent with Afghan rubâb virtuoso Homayun Sakhi and Azerbaijani father-daughter singing duo Alim and Fargana Qasimov. You May Also Like: The Lickerish Quartet, “Snollygoster Goon,” from ‘Threesome Vol. 2’ (2020): SomethingRead More