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Yiddish writer Celia Dropkin wrote not only of romantic love – a topic deemed quite suitable to women writers – but also of lust, anger, abasement, and violence.
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Wow. Stewart Goodyear can play Prokofiev. The Czech Philharmonic and Tomás Netopil are compelling advocates, playing Dvořák with plenty of rhythmic zest and tonal warmth.
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The opera repertory is so much richer than what gets staged nowadays; many of the most exciting recordings that came my way are of somewhat or entirely forgotten operas from past eras.
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It’s hard to imagine anyone connected with the movie world who is not appreciative of Phillip Lopate for the grace and intelligence and knowledge he has brought to film criticism.
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For the moment, bassist/ singer/songwriter Karina Rykman is pleased to be “riding an insane wave of adrenaline.”
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There are already countless fine documents of the Sibelius Concerto, but Canadian violinist James Ehnes finds new angles from which to examine this favorite; Frank Dupree is a dexterous keyboardist whose grasp of Nikolai Kapustin’s jazzy style is assured.
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The group presented a program of edgy music with the bloom of youth.
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You can get away with being familiar with just an album or two, but Laura Nyro’s music always rewards repeated listenings, and following her mercurial career so thoroughly restores her to three-dimensional life.
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