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Milton Babbitt

Music Feature: Notable Classical Recordings of 2014

Feel free to disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc. Above all, enjoy!

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: “The Brooklyn Rider Almanac”, “The Law of Mosaics” (Crier Records), All Set, Angels and Watermarks, Anna Clyne, Ballet Mécanique (BMOP/Sound), Become Ocean (Cantaloupe), Beethoven Odyssey vol. 1-3, Carl Nielsen, City Noir/Saxophone Concerto (Nonesuch), George Antheil, Howard Hersh, James Brawn, John Coolidge Adams, John Harbison, John Luther Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Mason Bates, Masterpieces in Miniature, Milton Babbitt, Riccardo Muti, String Trio, Symphonies nos. 1 and 4, The Gospel According to the Other Mary (Deutsche Grammophon), West Side Story (SFS Media)

CD Reviews: BMOP plays Babbitt and Antheil (BMOP/Sound), and Chris Wild’s Abhanden (Navona Records)

Snappy new recordings of the music of Milton Babbitt and George Antheil from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project while cellist Christ Wild’s disc offers a fascinating journey through some richly diverse musical soundscapes.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: A Jazz Symphony, Abhanden, All Set, BMOP, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Chris Wild, George Antheil, Milton Babbitt, Navona Records

Fuse Concert Review: NEC Winds Play Mingus, Schuller, Babbitt (and More)

Charles Peltz leads the NEC Wind Ensemble

The five compositions and one de facto suite played at the NEC Winds and Winds Ensemble performance spoke with six different voices and carried six different messages.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Jazz, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Charles Mingus, Charles Peltz, Chris Brubeck, Dave Brubeck, Frank-Zappa, Gunther Schuller, Ken Schaphorst, Milton Babbitt, New England Conservatory, Sammy Nestico

Music Preview: Navigating the Headwaters of the Third Stream

Charles Mingus in 1976.

NEC is closed tonight but much of the repertoire on this program is also scheduled for a concert on March 6.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Classical Music, Fuse News, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: Charles Mingus, Darius Milhaud, Frank-Zappa, Gunther Schuller, Milton Babbitt, New England Conservatory, Third Stream

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