Spreading some holiday cheer, creative shop Rob Bliss and Amtrak brought in a “magical” piano into Chicago’s Union Station that played accordingly to the environment. The results are not always so…festive. Consider this the piano version of Stephen King’s car-horror … [Read More]
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Winner: Renée Fleming - Guilty Pleasures (Decca / review)
Runner-up: Jonas Kaufmann - Wagner (Decca / review)
In a year full of Verdi, Wagner, and Britten tributes, many of the stage’s brightest stars either really tanked or exceptionally … [Read More]
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At 110, Alice Herz-Sommer is not only the world’s oldest living pianist, but the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor. Spry and full zest, Herz-Sommer details in the touching documentary how music and her love for Mozart and Bach not only … [Read More]
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Winner: Ex-Confusion – With Love (n5md records / review)
Runner-up: Shayou – Gleam of Midnight (totokoko records / review)
Ultimately a tough decision given the impeccable flawlessness and inspiring innocence of Shayou’s Gleam of Midnight and the vividly … [Read More]
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The world’s hippest orchestra at the moment, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and their entertaining music director Gustavo Dudamel will give Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason’s piece “Blow Bright” the star treatment, premiering next week at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in … [Read More]
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For the newly designated Bachelor Juan Pablo, he’ll have the options this year of choosing between not one, but two classical music-related damsels!
Up first is Canadian soprano Sharleen Joynt with a coloratura soprano voice, who has sung all over … [Read More]
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The end of 2013 is upon us but with the new year comes a renewed sense of hope for the future of classical music and its varying sub-genres. Scouring through the upcoming news/rumors/press release babble, our editorial staff have chosen … [Read More]
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It’s been a longtime coming but Hauschka is back to his trademark form of “deconstructionalist” composing with his first solo album since 2011. The new LP, entitled Abandoned City, due March 17 on Temporary Residence records, will take Hauschka … [Read More]
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Originally reported by Gothamist, a series of videos have been popping up over the net regarding eerily high-pitch sounds reminiscent of chimes and steady strings straight out of Phillip Glass soundtrack, being heard out of 1 World Trade Center, otherwise … [Read More]
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Since drawing immense buzz for the leak of his track “Carousel #3″ off his upcoming debut LP, Italian Composer Federico Albanese has been hot on the radar of contemporary classical fans. Albanese is further justifying that hype with an incredibly … [Read More]
