التصنيف: Album reviews
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Album review: Buzz Osborne, ‘This Machine Kills Artists’
Album review: Buzz Osborne, 'This Machine Kills Artists'Boston GlobeJuly 8, 2014
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Days between: New York Times writing, April 2-May 8, 2014
iPhone photo, June 7, 2014 The fifth installment in the three-part [sic] series "Days between," compiling my unblogged recent work for The New York Times, and – for reasons I expect to be fairly obvious – the final installment for the foreseeable future. The end of a run that meant the world to me. As…
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Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and More
Third Coast Percussion, by Saverio Truglia Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, March 19, 2014 My contribution: DAVID T. LITTLE: ‘Haunt of Last Nightfall’ Third Coast Percussion (New Amsterdam) Coming soon: Elliott Carter; Gil Shaham; Jeffrey Mumford; David Bowlin; Henri Dutilleux; Catherine Christer Hennix
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Classical Playlist: John Adams, Prokofiev, Harrison Birtwistle and More
BBC Singers, by John Wood Classical Playlist: John Adams, Prokofiev, Harrison Birtwistle and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, March 12, 2014 My contributions: MORTON FELDMAN: ‘For Philip Guston’ John Tilbury, pianist; Carla Rees, flutist; Simon Allen, percussionist (Atopos) HARRISON BIRTWISTLE: ‘The Moth Requiem’ Roderick Williams, baritone; BBC Singers, Nash Ensemble, conducted by Nicholas Kok (Signum)
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Classical Playlist: Stephanie Blythe, Eva-Maria Houben, Nicholas Phillips and More
Nicholas Phillips Classical Playlist: Stephanie Blythe, Eva-Maria Houben, Nicholas Phillips and MoreNew York Times ArtsBeat, March 5, 2014 My contributions: HOUBEN: ‘Lost in Dreams — Works for Piano’ Eva-Maria Houben, pianist (Edition Wandelweiser) ‘AMERICAN VERNACULAR — NEW MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO’ Nicholas Phillips (New Focus Recordings) CAMPBELL: ‘Things You Already Know’ Christopher Campbell and ensemble…
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ArtsBeat Classical Playlists
A comprehensive list of the recordings I've covered in Classical Playlist on The New York Times ArtsBeat blog since the series started on November 6, 2013, in reverse chronological order. I've listed only my own contributions here; click on each header for the complete ArtsBeat post. Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and MoreMarch 19,…
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Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and More
Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 19, 2014 My contributions: ‘THERE NEVER IS NO LIGHT’ Joshua Rubin, clarinetist; Cory Smythe, pianist (Tundra/New Focus) PAINE: Orchestral Works Ulster Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta (Naxos) WORTHINGTON: ‘Even the Light Itself Falls’ ensemble et cetera (Populist; available via Bandcamp)…
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Classical Playlist: Danish String Quartet, Thomas Meglioranza, Gidon Kremer and More
Classical Playlist: Danish String Quartet, Thomas Meglioranza, Gidon Kremer and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 12, 2014 My contribution: ‘THE GOOD SONG’ Thomas Meglioranza, baritone; Reiko Uchida, pianist (self-released; available via CD Baby)
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Classical Playlist: Andrew Parrott, Jeroen Van Veen, Ildar Abdrazakov and More
Inscape*, by Jennifer White-Johnson Classical Playlist: Andrew Parrott, Jeroen Van Veen, Ildar Abdrazakov and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 5, 2014 My contributions: ‘SPRUNG RHYTHM’ Inscape*; Abigail Lennox, soprano (Sono Luminus) MONTSALVATGE: ‘Madrigal’ and Other Works Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Tim Fain, violinist; Perspectives Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordoñez(Naxos)
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Days between: New York Times writing, January 10–29, 2014
The New York Times building, by Richard Drew/AP I'd intended to make the previous "Days between" post the last…until such time as I once again fall so badly behind that I can't locate the 10 to 15 minutes it takes to flog a bit of my writing for The New York Times here on my…