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The Tamil version of Pyre, under the title, Pukkuli, was dedicated to a young man murdered in his community for making an inter-caste marriage.
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This album offers a Baedeker of pianist Ran Blake’s cinematic effects, the mis-en-scene for a narrative musical imagination unlike any other.
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As we hopefully continue to reevaluate our relationship with Cuba, this masterful history should prove an invaluable asset for us all.
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Peter Neumann has written a compelling historical study that focuses on the tumultuous concatenation of a number of imaginative and dynamic thinkers.
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David Bowie’s Toy is a solid, enjoyable, and buoyant effort from an artist who never failed to stay interesting and vital well into his later years.
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A major release by a pianist who, just in his mid-thirties, is already one of the most intelligent and satisfying musicians on the circuit.
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This is an opulent and ambitious historical drama, as attentive to small intimate scenes as it is to grandiose action sequences.
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The composer of Cavalleria rusticana brought his sense for characterization and drama to the all-too-plausible tale of a woman victimized by a cad.
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A suspenseful, finely-crafted historical thriller that reminds us that the triumph of evil depends on good men doing nothing.
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The program is compelling, but some of violinist Yevgeny Kutik’s interpretations could sing more freely and dance more nimbly.
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Book Review: “Unfinished” Argues for AI as an Artistic Partner — But at What Cost?