Pietro Mascagni

CD Reviews: Mascagni’s “Zanetto” and Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts”

Odyssey Opera’s first commercially-released album is a fun showcase; BMOP delivers an excellent performance of Four Saints in Three Acts.

I make no claims to have listened to everything released in 2016; here are my picks for the top classical recordings of the year.

Jeff Spurr April 8, 2020 at 6:23 pm on Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”I have yet to hear this song. Regarding JFK's horrible assassination (I was 14 and remember it as yesterday), he...
Allen Michie April 8, 2020 at 6:00 pm on Arts Remembrance: The Three Funkiest Handclaps in Music History — An Appreciation of Bill WithersAgreed, there’s some kind of Brazilian sound to the syncopated hand claps. Withers sounds great on Grover Washington “Just the...
Robert Houle April 7, 2020 at 5:58 pm on Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”But is it a song?
Andrew Child April 5, 2020 at 7:45 pm on Visual Arts Feature: Go Out There and Shred the Vote!Several visual elements are shared between boards because they represent similarities in candidate policy positions. The wind turbines, for instance,...
Eric Wagoner April 5, 2020 at 7:09 pm on Visual Arts Interview: Robert Motherwell at 100 — A Look Back at the “Despair of the Aesthetic”Motherwell is one of the artist I relate to and appreciate his work. Always interest in what makes him tick....