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Music Review: ‘Short Stories’ from Composer-Percussionist José Martínez
Evocative electroacoustic music from composer-percussionist José Martínez engages with the composer's Latin heritage, and with the absurd, while pushing creative boundaries.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Rainer Crosett, American Recital Debut Award Honoree
At his recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Crosett showed ability and fire to spare, with plenty of charisma and good humor to boot.
Read More »Music Review: Donald Pirone – ‘Karol Rathaus, Piano Sonata No. IV, Op. 58’
Pianist Donald Pirone continues his long engagement with the music of Karol Rathaus on a new EP featuring the composer's fourth Piano Sonata.
Read More »Rediscover Buddy Holly: A Revelatory Edition of His Classic LP with the Crickets, Plus New Music from Sky Smeed, Daphne Roubini, and Asher Brinson
'The “Chirping” Crickets' isn’t just any album. It has influenced countless musicians over the decades, and its songs have been savored by millions of fans. If you’re one of them, you’re bound to love the way those tunes have been enhanced for this release.
Read More »Music Review: Portland Percussion Group – ‘Patterns & Form’
Percussion music can sound dry and detached. Most of the music on Portland Percussion Group's new album is anything but.
Read More »Music Review: La Compagnia del Madrigale – ‘Giaches de Wert: Nono Libra de Madrigali, 1588’ (Ninth Book of Madrigals)
An Italian early-music vocal ensemble that specializes in madrigals explores the music of a great composer and word-painter.
Read More »Music Reviews: Steve Forbert, plus Andy Hedges, Dwight + Nicole, a Rockabilly Anthology, and George Usher
Forbert was about 60 when he made this record, and he spends some of it looking back.
Read More »Music Review: Richard Carrick and Either/Or – ‘l’Algérie’
Richard Carrick is out with the second part of his Maghreb-inspired triptych, which began with last year's 'The Atlas.'
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Illia Ovcharenko – ‘Manu Sinistra,’ Concertos for the Left Hand
The 2022 Honens International Piano Competition winner releases his Pentatone debut with concertos for the left hand by Ravel, Prokofiev, and Sergei Bortkiewicz, all composed for pianist Paul Wittgenstein in the early 20th century.
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