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Jazz Album Reviews: New Discs from Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double and Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet

April 12, 2022
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These two superb new releases were both recorded at a former fire station in Connecticut.

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Jazz Album Review: Guitarist John McLaughlin — The Montreux Years

April 11, 2022
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The album features seven tracks played by five different groups fronted or co-led by guitarist John McLaughlin.

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“Listening During Covid, Part 10”: So Much Amazing Music to Discover!

April 10, 2022
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The record companies are bringing us unsuspected marvels from past and present that we might otherwise never hear, from astonishing Handel-era works and brand-new American pieces to elegantly performed guitar sonatas from 19th Century Vienna.

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Classical Album Reviews: Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas and Piano Concertos

April 10, 2022
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Some substantial works by composer Felix Mendelssohn remain overlooked.

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Music Interview: Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins on “Songs of the Recollection”

April 10, 2022
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“I may second guess how a song was recorded. But I can say that all that we have done has come from an honest place.”

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Classical CD Review: Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt plays Salonen and Ravel

April 9, 2022
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Cellist Nicolas Altstaed’s recording features a fascinating pairing of pieces by Salonen and Ravel, a stirring reminder of the mysterious powers of common origins and creative invention. Don’t miss it.

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Concert Review: Pianist Jeremy Denk’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” — An Embarrassment of Riches

April 6, 2022
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I have heard many recordings of Bach’s work, but none had the vibrancy of what I heard in Jeremy Denk’s Sunday concert.

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Rock Album Review: Elvis Costello’s “The Boy Named If” — Sly and Mischievous As Ever

April 5, 2022
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For all his verbal ingenuity, rousing chord progressions, and cynical smartass wit, Elvis Costello’s always tucked a raw, beating heart beneath his jaunty shades and devil-may-care grin.

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Album Review: Club d’elf’s “You Never Know” — Spontaneous Magic

April 4, 2022
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This is the quintessential Club d’elf album, smartly arranged and surprisingly accessible without losing any of the group’s improvisational edges or exotic breadth.

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Opera Album Review: The “Fidelio” Story a Year Before Beethoven’s Opera — and in Italian

March 30, 2022
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A new recording of Ferdinando Paër’s Leonora gives us characters we love (or love to hate) in a fresh light

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