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Friday, March 29, 2024
Codebreaker CD cover James McCarthy

Codebreaker (James McCarthy) & Ode to a Nightingale (Will Todd)

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This is a major new addition. Codebreaker is a 55-minute piece for choir, orchestra and soprano, composed by British composer James McCarthy and premiered...
Stenhammar Symphony 2 Lindberg review

Stenhammar Symphony 2, Lindberg

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Is the Stenhammar 2nd symphony a great work? Listen to Lindberg’s account and you will realise that it is. And why shouldn’t it be?...
Joker film review

Joker, Todd Phillips

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Film review - Title: Joker / Director: Todd Phillips / Released: 2019“When Dalí and Buñuel made “L’Âge d’Or” (1930), they wanted to start a riot, and...
Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons Obituary: a personal note

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Mariss Jansons, a sculptor of soundsI can't, and I don’t wish to write a standard obituary for Mariss Jansons. His music has affected me...
Beethoven sonatas Osborne

Beethoven, Piano Sonatas op. 109, op. 110, op. 111, Steven Osborne

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Believe the hype and the accolades this release has received so far: this performance of the last three Beethoven sonatas is one for the ages.
Hereditary film/movie review

Ari Aster, “Hereditary”

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Title: Heredirary Director: Ari Aster Release date: 2018So much has already been written about Hereditary: for some, it’s the new Exorcist, for others it’s a combination...
Rachmaninoff piano concerto 2 gerstein petrenko

Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto 2, Kirill Gerstein, Kirill Petrenko/Berlin Philharmonic

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Music Review Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2, Kirill Gerstein (piano), Kirill Petrenko (conductor) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Berliner Philharmoniker RecordingsApple Music has almost 300...
Cusk, Kudos, book review

Rachel Cusk, Kudos

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Author: Rachel Cusk Title: Kudos Published: 2018Rachel Cusk’s works are important pieces of literature, in fact so important that they are the kind of books that...
Salonen cello concerto review

Review: Salonen, Cello Concerto, Yo-Yo Ma, LA Philharmonic

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Review - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Cello Concerto / Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Salonen (conductor) / LA Philharmonic / Sony Classical“I imagined the solo cello line...
Alchemy Jalbert, Stucky & Vine

Alchemy (Music by Jalbert, Stucky & Vine), Jupiter String Quartet & Bernadette Harvey

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Music Review: Alchemy / Jupiter String Quartet / Bernadette Harvey (piano) / MarquisThis new release by Marquis features chamber works by three distinguished contemporary composers...