Steve Smith
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George Frideric Handel – Imeneo – Magnis Staveland, Ann Hallenberg, Monica Piccinini, Fabrizio Beggi, Cristiana Arcari, Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (Glossa) Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica (Straight) Robert Fripp – ND Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 10, 2007 (DGMLive) Robert Rich – Filaments (Soundscape) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – All My…
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Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphonies Nos. 92 ("Oxford"), 94 ("Surprise") & 97 – Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden (Exton) Robin de Raaff – Violin Concerto – Tasmin Little, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden (YouTube) Samuel Barber – Violin Concerto; Leonard Bernstein – Candide – Overture; Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"; On the Town –…
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Bohuslav Martinů – Symphony No. 6 ("Fantaisies symphoniques") – Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek (Supraphon) King Crimson – Supper Club, New York, NY, Nov. 12, 2000 (DGMLive) Bent Knee – selections from Say So (Cuneiform; due May 2016) International Contemporary Ensemble – On the Nature of Thingness (Starkland; due Feb. 26)> Nathan Davis – Ghostlight; Phyllis Chen…
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Black Uhuru – Red (Island) Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade (SST) Tangerine Dream – Rockface (TDI Music) Tangerine Dream – Quantum Key (Eastgate) Tangerine Dream – Zeitgeist Concert (Eastgate) Magnus Granberg – would fall from the sky, would wither and die – Skuggorna och Ljuset (Another Timbre) Morton Feldman – String Quartet No. 2 –…
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Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, John Cage, David Tudor, and Morton Feldman in 1962; photo credit: Earle Brown Music Foundation On Wednesday, January 20, Bostonians will have what appears to be a unique opportunity to hear three significant pieces by three major composers from the so-called New York School, crammed into 210 eventful minutes at two…
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Untitled (for Po Chu-i) by Gil Sansón Johannes Brahms – Piano Trios Nos. 1-3 – Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt (Ondine) Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ") – Olivier Latry; Samy Moussa – A Globe Itself Infolding – Jean-Willy Kunz; Kaija Saariaho – Maan varjot – Olivier Latry; Orchestre…
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Joseph Clayton Mills – The Letter (Suppedaneum; No. 19 of 100) Sunn O))) – Kannon (Southern Lord) Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory (Alucard) Opeth – Damnation (Music for Nations) Opeth – Deliverance & Damnation (The End) Kevin Drumm – January (Bandcamp) Tortoise – The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey; due Jan. 22) Gil Sansón…
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The Real Me by Jeremy Flower Orlande de Lassus – Prophetiae Sibyllarum – Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street/Scott Allen Jarrett; Daniel Felsenfeld – Astrophysical Mass – Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street, NOVUS NY/Julian Wachner (Trinity Church Wall Street webcast) Rapoon – Seeds in the Tide, Vol. 4 (Zoharum) Yael Barolsky – Meanderings (self-released…
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Praise The Thaw by Courage Cloak Conrad Schnitzler – Ballet Statique (Con) (M=minimal) Courage Cloak – Praise the Thaw (self-released < Bandcamp) High aura'd & Mike Shiflet – Awake (Type) Robert Fripp – Sound Warehouse, Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 1979 (DGMLive) Van Morrison – Common One (Legacy) Grateful Dead – Fare Thee Well: Soldier Field,…
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Joseph Kudirka – Beauty and Industry – Apartment House (Another Timbre) Jürg Frey – Circles and Landscapes – Philip Thomas (Another Timbre)> In Memoriam Cornelius Cardew; Circular Music No. 5; Extended Circular Music No. 2; Pianist, Alone (2); Miniature in Five Parts; Extended Circular Music No. 9 Troy Schafer – Untitled No. 4 (Round Bale…
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The Subliminal and the Sublime by Chris Dingman Sky-Pony – Beautiful Monster (Knitting Factory) Mivos Quartet – Reappearances (Carrier)> Alex Mincek – String Quartet No. 3; Wolfgang Rihm – Quartettstudie; David Brynjar Franzson – on Repetition and Reappearances; Felipe Lara – Corde Vocale XTC – Oranges & Lemons (Ape House) Yes – Fragile (Panegyric) King…
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King Crimson – Dome, Brighton, England, October 16, 1971 (King Crimson Collectors' Club/DGM) Yes – Relayer (Atlantic/Rhino) King Crimson – Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, March 27, 1972 (King Crimson Collectors' Club/DGM) Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material (Mercury Nashville) King Crimson – Zoom Club, Frankfurt, Germany, April 12, 1971 (DGMLive) Bent Knee – Shiny Eyed Babies…
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The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Kacey MusgravesPageant Material(Mercury Nashville; 2015) If visceral responses at times convey as much as verbal cues, and sometimes more, then tonight's soak, by turns rowdy and mellow, provides further confirmation that Kacey Musgraves is the real thing. Transcribed Observed Nov. 27, 2015.
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The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. YesRelayer(Atlantic; 1974) The Girl has basked to Berg, cavorted to Cecil Taylor, and washed to Willie Nelson. So tonight, we went deep. One-word verdict on Relayer by Yes: "Happy." Transcribed Nov. 25, 2015. ========== The above text was the first post in a series…
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Fórn – Weltschmerz (Gilead Media < Bandcamp; due Dec. 11) Alessio Bax – Bach, Transcribed (Signum)> Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor (BWV 1001; arr. Godowsky); "Sheep may safely graze" (from BWV 208; arr. Kempff); Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D – Air (from BWV 1068; arr. Siloti); Violin Partita…
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King Crimson – Live at the Warfield & Live at Nakano Sun Plaza from Blu-ray 2 (THRAK BOX disc 16) (DGM) King Crimson – New YorKc THRAK (THRAK BOX discs 9/10) (DGM) King Crimson – AzteKc THRAK (THRAK BOX discs 11/12) (DGM) Cecil Taylor – Conquistador (Blue Note) Cradle of Filth – Damnation and a…
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Violin/Sine by Morgan Evans-Weiler King Crimson – Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 27, 1981 (DGMlive) Dead & Company – DCU Center, Worcester, MA, Nov. 10, 2016 (Archive.org) Morgan Evans-Weiler – Violin/Sine (Individual Lines < Bandcamp) Abbath – Abbath (Season of Mist; due Jan. 22) Low Estate – Blood Horizon (Bandcamp) Spylacopa – Parallels (Rising…
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