August 27, 2011

Playlist Week of 8-27-11

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* Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610 (La Capella Reial/Savall) (Alia Vox 2SACD) * Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis & Winter Music/10...
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August 21, 2011

Sun Ra Sunday

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THE SUBSTITUTE WORDS How carefully laid the scenes How brilliantly superimposed The substitute words to say and do. How forced the ...
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August 20, 2011

Playlist Week of 8-20-11

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* Telemann: The Complete Tafelmusik (d.1-2) (Freiburgurger Barockorchester) (Harmonia Mundi 4CD) * Mussorgsky, et al .: Pictures At An Ex...
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August 13, 2011

Playlist Week of 8-13-11

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* Rinaldo Alessandrini: Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna 1-16-11 (FM CDR) * Christophe Rousset: Chapelle Protestante, Brussels, Belgium 5...
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August 7, 2011

Sun Ra Sunday

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NEW HORIZONS Music Pulsing like a living heartbeat, Pleasant intuition of better things to come . . . The sight of boundless space Reaching ...
August 6, 2011

Playlist Week of 8-06-11

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* Debussy: La Mer/Ibert: Escales (Boston Symphony/Munch) (RCA-Victor/Sony SACD) * Ravel: Daphnis And Chloé (Boston Symphony/Munch) (RCA-V...
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July 31, 2011

Sun Ra Sunday

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Sun Ra: Dance Of The Living Image: Lost Reel Collection Vol.4 (Transparency 2CD) In October 1974, the Arkestra traveled to California for a...
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July 30, 2011

Playlist Week of 7-30-11

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* Bernard Foccroulle: Cathédrale Saint-Michael et Gudule, Brussels 2-11-11 (d.1) (FM 2CDR) * Buxtehude: Six Sonatas (Holloway/ter Linden/M...
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July 24, 2011

Sun Ra Sunday

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Can you tell me about the music you make? Sun Ra: Well, the music, it’s about feelings, it’s not about what I know. It’s about what I feel....
July 23, 2011

Playlist Week of 7-23-11

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* Marais: Pieces de Viole des Cinq Livres (Savall, Koopman, et al.) (Alia Vox 5SACD) * Buxtehude: Seven Trio Sonatas, Op.2 (Holloway/ter ...
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July 17, 2011

Sun Ra Sunday

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Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra: At the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile 1974: It Is Forbidden (Alive!/Total Energy CD ...
July 16, 2011

Playlist Week of 7-16-11

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* Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment : Royal Festival Hall, London 6-30-07 (FM 2CDR) * Thelonious Monk: The Complete Prestige Recording...
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July 10, 2011

Sun Ra Sunday

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You know what would be really cool? Sun Ra Arkestra Action Figures! I can just picture it: Sonny with a miniature Rocksichord, Allen, Davis ...
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July 9, 2011

Playlist Week of 7-09-11

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* Andrew Hill: Andrew!!! (Blue Note CD) * Herbie Hancock: Directstep (Columbia/Sony—Japan CD) * Herbie Hancock: Future Shock (Columbia/Le...
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July 6, 2011

Cy Twombly R.I.P.

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I first encountered Cy Twombly's work back in the late-'80s when a friend of mine showed me a monograph of his paintings. Now, I co...
July 4, 2011

Happy Independence Day!

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Playing with fire and playing with the camera: that's how I like to celebrate Independence Day! Have a happy (and safe) Fourth of July, ...
July 2, 2011

Playlist Week of 7-02-11

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* J.S. Bach: Motets (La Chapelle Royale/Collegium Vocale/Herreweghe) (Harmonia Mundi CD) * Scriabin: Complete Symphonies (Deutsches Sympho...
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