Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The 7th Set of Bach Cantatas on Spotify

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A new one voice per part ( OVPP ) series of Bach cantata recordings by  La Petite Bande and conductor Sigiswald Kuijken is underway on Ac...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Esa-Pekka Salonen as Composer: Complete Recordings on Spotify

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"Musical expression is bodily expression, there is no abstract cerebral expression in my opinion. It all comes out of the body." ...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Naxos: British Light Music Series on Spotify

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"Famous for its harmonically unchallenging, smooth and entertaining melodic lines, British Light Music grew from the indulgent and sen...
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Everyday & Every Single Night: 101 Songs featuring Celesta

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If you don't know what celesta is, try playing Buddy Holly's Everyday or Velvet Underground's Sunday Morning in your head. Ye...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Jonathan Harvey: Reverse Chronological Collection

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" Jonathan Harvey can be thought of as an English Stockhausen : he is perhaps best known for integrating electronically generated soun...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Surprised by Beauty: Complete William Duckworth Recordings on Spotify

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I woke up this morning to the sad news that William Duckworth , my favorite composer discovered on Spotify, has passed away. Read Kyle Gann ...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Clara Schumann: Complete Works on Spotify

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" Clara Wieck Schumann has often been misleadingly referred to as the wife of composer Robert Schumann , and as one of the leading pia...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Decca: The World of Classical Music Series

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"The World of..." series from Decca Classics offers one-disk "greatest hits" compilations for composers (The World of B...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Bob Dylan: Tempest Pre-mix on Spotify

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Tempest , Bob Dylan 's 35 studio album, is his first album of original material since I got into Spotify (shortly after Together Through...
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Spotify Playlist Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's Something Borrowed

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We sat in his living room on the Upper East Side, facing each other in easy chairs, as he worked his way through a mountain of CDs. He play...
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