Music
Once much-performed, then banished from the stage by the Nazis, The Miracle of Heliane, now available in a fine new recording, is perhaps the best opera by the man who would become one of Hollywood’s leading composers.
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This performance of Ives’ Third was the most welcome entry in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s celebratory season – a beautifully considered, powerfully rendered account of this too-neglected score.
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Desires will surely solidify ORA Singers’ reputation as a first-class choral ensemble.
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Amid the continual flood of new jazz releases, this anniversary bash is one to be savored.
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A bit surprising — that two megastars choose such meat and potatoes repertoire.
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Luckily for us, after playing the occasional electrifying concert date over the years, Nervous Eaters is reuniting once again.
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I did want to use this CD as a springboard to engage with the question of how using material of a certain age tends to pre-select — and limit — listenership.
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The cellist is a member of a tribe of fabulous players/singers who are funny, thoughtful, opinionated, brilliant, and irreverent.
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Drummer Nick Mason and his four non-Floyd bandmates turned Boston’s Orpheum Theater into a psychedelic palace.
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The music swelled as the early universe spun …
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