Now Playing: New York Philharmonic inks 2 record deals Topic: RECORDINGS
It has been quite a while since the New York Philharmonic has made
recordings on a regular basis. But the Phil and current music director
Lorin Maazel are taking a plunge into a new era with two deals, one of
which underscores the growing importance of a digital presence in the
marketplace.
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Topic: RECORDINGS
Among the most desirable recordings recently received here was a package of the latest releases from the Analekta label – three excellent recordings by Canadian musicians.
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Wednesday, 8 February 2006
GRAMMY WINNERS Topic: RECORDINGS
William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience won the Grammy Awards for best classical album, best choral performance, and best classical contemporary composition ...LINK to complete news story | ...LINK to complete list
Topic: RECORDINGS
With over 20 GRAMMYs based on Mozart's compositions, more GRAMMYs awarded in the Classical category than any other category, and little or no TV coverage for Classical Music, Mozart.com fills the need for a Classical celebration with polls, Mozart's Studio, Guestbook, articles, products, and The World's Most Frustrating Mozart Trivia Game. ...LINK to complete news story | ...Mozart.com
Tuesday, 7 February 2006
Topic: RECORDINGS
The Hollywood trade paper, Variety, reported last month that Amazon.com is looking to recoup business lost to iTunes and other digital music providers. Not only is the online retailer planning to offer online delivery of movies (for those who buy DVDs online); CEO Jeff Bezos is reportedly about to launch an online music services. ...LINK to complete news story
Topic: RECORDINGS
The Hollywood trade paper, Variety, reported last month that Amazon.com is looking to recoup business lost to iTunes and other digital music providers. Not only is the online retailer planning to offer online delivery of movies (for those who buy DVDs online); CEO Jeff Bezos is reportedly about to launch an online music services. ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 23 January 2006
Topic: RECORDINGS
Recorded music sales resumed their decline in 2005, the industry's leading global body said Sunday, despite high-profile victories against piracy and a surge in online and mobile music store revenues. ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 16 January 2006
European Traditions, Flavored by Rio Now Playing: BERNARD HOLLAND in The NYTimes Topic: RECORDINGS
THERE is a theory (mine) that the quality of a country's classical music is inversely proportional to the quality of its popular and folk music. Thus, the authors of "Ach, du Lieber Augustin" come from the same stock as Bach and Beethoven. On the other hand, Brazil (Caetano Veloso and bossa nova), Argentina (Astor Piazzolla and the tango) and the United States (Irving Berlin and ragtime) bless the world with pop music of extraordinary subtlety but produce nothing near the level of Schubert. (Gershwin at his best comes close.) Maybe foursquare country tunes are too weak to resist the will of classical composers, while the likes of Cole Porter are not to be pushed around by anybody. ...LINK to complete news story
Friday, 13 January 2006
Topic: RECORDINGS The soundtrack album for the film Casanova made its first appearance on the Billboard classical chart this week at number eight.
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The film, a portrait of the legendary lover starring Heath Ledger, mixes original music with fragments of works by Rameau, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Corelli, Handel, and other Baroque composers. ...LINK to complete news story
Sunday, 1 January 2006
10 favorite recordings of the year. Topic: RECORDINGS
Death predictions for classical recording, even for classical music, are not worth betting on. Not with a harvest of recordings like last year's, which includes enduring talents on fine old labels, and new talent and new music, on new or small ones. ...LINK to complete news story
Saturday, 24 December 2005
LA PHILHARMONIC Now Playing: makes first CD since 2001 Topic: RECORDINGS
Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, and Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Lang Lang as soloist, on January 12 and 13. On January 14 and 15 the Suite from Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin will replace the Mussorgsky piece. Everything except the piano concerto will be recorded for a Deutsche Grammophon CD.
Thursday, 22 December 2005
Topic: RECORDINGS
Sony BMG Masterworks Named No. 1 Top Classical Label, Takes Top Spots in Every Traditional Classical Category in Year-End Issue of Billboard ...LINK to complete news story
Wednesday, 21 December 2005
Now Playing: Greg Stepanich - Palm Beach Post Topic: RECORDINGS From Boca Raton's own Klavier Records come three new wind ensemble discs, and the first one I see hits me with a pang: Alfred Reed, the eminent American composer and longtime South Floridian, recorded live in Tokyo last year in what turned out to be his final recorded concert. (The Klavier Web site doesn't appear to have any sound clips, which is a shame.)
I hadn't realized Reed, who taught at the University of Miami for nearly 30 years, had left us. He died in September at age 84
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Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Is this the year you get a classical gift? Topic: RECORDINGS
There's only a mini shopping season left between now and Christmas, so
here are some mini reviews of CDs that will make good last-minute...
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The soundtrack album for the film Casanova made its first appearance on the Billboard classical chart this week at number eight.
From Boca Raton's own Klavier Records come three new wind ensemble discs, and the first one I see hits me with a pang: Alfred Reed, the eminent American composer and longtime South Floridian, recorded live in Tokyo last year in what turned out to be his final recorded concert. (The Klavier Web site doesn't appear to have any sound clips, which is a shame.)
I hadn't realized Reed, who taught at the University of Miami for nearly 30 years, had left us. He died in September at age 84
