Music
Besides passing along the tradition of mariachi to their students, the members of Mariachi Mexico Antiguo perform as an ensemble at local events, including this weekend’s Lowell Folk Festival.
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Miguel Zenón’s extraordinary writing for strings and saxophone makes use of ever-changing textures generated out of jazz, Puerto Rican folk, and classical music.
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A baker’s dozen of recordings worth hearing . . . maybe even owning.
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The release of previously unavailable recordings from Dexter Gordon and John Coltrane are causes for celebration. Two unforgettable voices in jazz — are back!
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You might argue that this session was forgotten, but this new release shouldn’t be thought of as lost — because no one was looking for it
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Rob Sheffield seemed to have promised a whale of an original tale but delivered only a few goldfish.
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Four new albums: the standouts include the finest Andris Nelsons/BSO Shostakovich collaboration to date and the Neave Trio’s wonderful new French Moments.
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Colin Carr supplied an extraordinary performance of Bach’s Six Cello Suites.
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Conductor Aapo Häkkinen explores Robert Schumann’s writing for chorus;Andrew Manze caps off his three-volume Mendelssohn symphony survey with a glorious performance of the oddball Symphony no. 2.
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Nightconcert contains enough that is new and fresh to make this album one of the exciting discoveries of the year.
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