Steve Smith
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King Crimson – Larks' Tongues in Aspic (DGM) Travis & Fripp – Follow (Panegyric) Ashley Paul – Line the Clouds (Rel) Antoine Beuger – Méditations poétiques sur quelque chose d’autre; Lieux de passage; Jürg Frey – Canones incerti – Ensemble Dedalus (Potlatch) Günter Schlienz – The Dalmation Tapes (self-released > download) Günter Schlienz – The…
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But we shall return, shortly. Stay tuned.
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King Crimson – The Savoy, New York, NY, Nov. 7, 1981 (late show) (DGMLive) Riccardo Zandonai – Francesca da Rimini – Magda Olivero, Mario Del Monaco, Giampiero Malaspino, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan/Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Hallmark > MOG) Incantation – Vanquish in Vengeance (Listenable > MOG) Dennis Johnson – November – R. Andrew Lee (Irritable…
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Jon Gillock, by Kenneth Dickerman/The New York Times Jon Gillock at the Church of the Ascension, March 5, 2013The New York Times, March 7, 2013 A gripping account of Messiaen's awe-inspiring Méditations sur la Mystère de la Sainte Trinité, played by a Messiaen expert on an instrument made to order as part of an ongoing…
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Marcello Giordani, Eva-Maria Westbroek and Mark Delavan, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Francesca da Rimini at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 4, 2013The New York Times, March 7, 2013 I don't often get much direct response to my Times reviews in the form of email; usually that's reserved for social-media channels and the occasional…
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Jennifer Koh, by Jennifer Taylor/The New York Times Jennifer Koh at the 92nd Street Y, March 2, 2013The New York Times, March 5, 2013 I specifically remember thinking, as Jennifer Koh managed to give each voice in Bach's fugues its own sound and personality, that the shadows playing on the wall behind her served as…
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Quartz Safari – Quartz Safari (Fadeaway Tapes) Jean Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 – Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä (Bis) Philip Glass – Symphony No. 7 "Toltec" – Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchestra Linz/Dennis Russell Davies (Orange Mountain Music) Osvaldo Golijov – Oceana – Luciana Souza, Gwinnett Young Singers, Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Robert Spano;…
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Collegiate Chorale, by Richard Termine/The New York Times Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall, February 27, 2013The New York Times, March 2, 2013 Here we are at Night After Night post No. 1,000. Feels auspicious, even if it's just a link to the latest of my New York Times reviews. If this particular report comes off…
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Matoaka Little Eagle, Cleek Schrey, Mary MacKenzie and Jessica Schmitz, by Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times Avant Music Festival at the Wild Project, February 16, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2013 Last month I was lucky enough to get to hear a live performance of John Cage's Apartment House 1776 as part of the…
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Allison Cook and William Ferguson in Powder Her Face, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Powder Her Face at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 15, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 18, 2013 New York City Opera opened its latest season with a brash, intelligent and sexy staging of English composer Thomas Adès's notorious debut…
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Brentano String Quartet, by Karsten Moran/The New York Times Brentano String Quartet at Zankel Hall, February 12, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2013 The world premiere of Steven Mackey's thoughtful, engaging One Red Rose, a fascinating reflection on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, shared a program with cheery Haydn and grandiloquently…
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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 – Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Richard Strauss (Naxos Historical) Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8 – Berlin Philarmonic/Hans Pfitzner (Naxos Historical) Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und -Leben; Dichterliebe – Lotte Lehmann, Bruno Walter; Franz Schubert – Winterreise (selections) – Lotte Lehmann, Paul Ulanowsky (Naxos…
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<a href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/dennis-johnson-november-2" _mce_href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/dennis-johnson-november-2">Dennis Johnson: November by R. Andrew Lee</a> Pianist R. Andrew Lee, whose previous recordings for the Irritable Hedgehog label have featured illuminating performances of works by Tom Johnson, Ann Southam, William Duckworth and Jürg Frey, has just released a new album that brings to light a long-lost milestone of early minimalism: November,…
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Trombonists of the Juilliard Orchestra, by Michael Nagle/The New York Times Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Not many people know it, but we live in a golden age for contemporary concert-band music, with both well-established composers and inventive up-and-comers creating new pieces for (mostly) collegiate wind…
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Soloists and the Orchestra for the Next Century, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall, February 6, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Given that Penelope, a large-scale song cycle composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider and sung by Shara Worden and recorded for the New Amsterdam record label,…
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Lauren Worsham, by Kristin Hoebermann Interview with Lauren Worsham [link missing]Time Out New York, Feb. 21–27, 2013 An excruciatingly short snippet from a lengthy, wide-ranging and brilliantly fun conversation with Lauren Worsham (full name: Lauren Worsham Jarrow), who plays Flora in New York City Opera's stylishly spooky production of Benjamin Britten's opera The Turn of…
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Kenneth Hesketh – Dei Destini Incrociati; Aphorisms; Fra Duri Scogli; Three Pieces in the Shape of a Shoe; Theatre of Attractions – Psappha/Nicholas Kok (Psappha) Thomas Adès – Powder Her Face – Jill Gomez, Valdine Anderson, Niall Morris, Roger Bryson, Almeida Ensemble/Thomas Adès (EMI Classics) Jonas Kaufmann – Wagner – Orchester der Deutsche Oper Berlin/Donald…
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Choi Joonyong (Photograph courtesy Issue Project Room Preview: Choi Joonyong and Hong Chulki at 155 FreemanTime Out New York, Feb. 7–13, 2013 It’s not as if music didn’t exist in South Korea before 2012. Prefab acts from Seoul had been conquering the world, one market at a time, for years; Super Junior, 2NE1 and Girls’…
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International Contemporary Ensemble, by Karsten Moran/The New York Times A Contemporary Evening for Ralph at Merkin Concert Hall, February 4, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 6, 2013 This one's short on anaylsis and long on scene-setting, which seemed appropriate for an event that was more a memorial and celebration than a conventional concert. While I…
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