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McCartney's fourth large-scale classical composition is his first ballet score.
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DVD Review: Sounds And Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher
A glimpse behind the curtain of ECM Records.
Read More »Music Review: Vladimir Horowitz – Horowitz Plays Liszt
A four-disc collection of Horowitz playing Liszt from 1930-1989.
Read More »Music Review: Sharon Isbin and Friends – Guitar Passions
The guitar virtuoso's tribute to her heroes in the rock, jazz and classical genres.
Read More »Music Review: Rheinhold Friedl – Inside Piano
Rehinhold Friedl has created a brilliant new form of piano playing with his new recording
Read More »Music Review: Manorexia – Dinoflagellate Blooms
JG Thirlwell branches out considerably with Manorexia.
Read More »Music Review: Francois Couturier – Tarkovsky Quartet
Part three of Couturier's tribute to Andrei Tarkovsky.
Read More »Music Review: Yelena Grinberg and Serafim Smigelskiy at the Players Club (New York), 7/22/2011
I was surprised to learn that these two musicians don't play together regularly; their four hands could have belonged to one person.
Read More »Interview with Gerald Elias, Author of Death and the Maiden
"If you’ve ever played in a string quartet, you’ll know it doesn’t take very long before everyone wants to kill each other."
Read More »Music Review: Amina Alaoui – Arco Iris
A musical journey stretching back 1,000 years.
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