Music
When Vermont’s Mountain Man brings us its Appalachian vocal stylings the trio is venturing into the hollers of both the Green and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet delivers some fine Mozart; conductor Hannu Lintu brings rhythmic energy and textural transparency to the music of Witold Lutoslawski; Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra don’t do right by Berlioz.
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“Now I’m retired, but I still look forward to honoring the legacy of John Coltrane.”
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American String Quartet’s disc features the premiere recording of Robert Sirota’s String Quartet no. 2, American Pilgrimage.
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With two able bandmates, Fred Hersch is inspired to unwind a nice set of standards and a few originals.
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Sophisticated Giant paints a convincing picture of an extremely charming, intelligent, resilient, and talented man.
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I was excited, moved, impressed, and surprised by Handel & Haydn Society’s performance of The Messiah under the exacting baton of Bernard Labadie.
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How will others in the Southern hip-hop scene react to this embrace of tradition by a Southern rapper with his feet firmly in the Gangsta Rap arena?
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Kelly Green and her trio are essentially mainstream players, but they explore a lot of challenging territory within that framework.
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When it comes to raising high spirits, the BEMF’s delightful Alcina was an inspired choice.
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