Posted on May 23, 2008 by thebrierpatch
In my opinion, the future of music will have more in common with the music of Stravinsky and Debussy than with Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern. Esa-Pekka Salonen, in a DVD, made a similar assertion and after much thought, I agree. While the influence of the Second Viennese School cannot be denied, I do see a [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by thebrierpatch
The market is currently flooded with many recordings of the Tchaikovsky concerto. Recent recordings, such as Joshua Bell’s with Michael Tilson Thomas and the Berlin Philharmonic or Julia Fischer’s with Yakov Kreizberg and the Russian National Orchestra, have received rave reviews from critics and fans alike. Perhaps under such circumstances, Gil Shaham’s latest traversal [...]
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