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  • BBC Singers, by John Wood Classical Playlist: John Adams, Prokofiev, Harrison Birtwistle and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, March 12, 2014 My contributions: MORTON FELDMAN: ‘For Philip Guston’ John Tilbury, pianist; Carla Rees, flutist; Simon Allen, percussionist (Atopos) HARRISON BIRTWISTLE: ‘The Moth Requiem’ Roderick Williams, baritone; BBC Singers, Nash Ensemble, conducted by Nicholas Kok (Signum)

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  • ArtsBeat Classical Playlists

    A comprehensive list of the recordings I've covered in Classical Playlist on The New York Times ArtsBeat blog since the series started on November 6, 2013, in reverse chronological order. I've listed only my own contributions here; click on each header for the complete ArtsBeat post. Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and MoreMarch 19,

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  • Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 19, 2014 My contributions: ‘THERE NEVER IS NO LIGHT’ Joshua Rubin, clarinetist; Cory Smythe, pianist (Tundra/New Focus) PAINE: Orchestral Works Ulster Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta (Naxos) WORTHINGTON: ‘Even the Light Itself Falls’ ensemble et cetera (Populist; available via Bandcamp)

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  • Classical Playlist: Danish String Quartet, Thomas Meglioranza, Gidon Kremer and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 12, 2014 My contribution: ‘THE GOOD SONG’ Thomas Meglioranza, baritone; Reiko Uchida, pianist (self-released; available via CD Baby)

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  • Inscape*, by Jennifer White-Johnson Classical Playlist: Andrew Parrott, Jeroen Van Veen, Ildar Abdrazakov and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 5, 2014 My contributions: ‘SPRUNG RHYTHM’ Inscape*; Abigail Lennox, soprano (Sono Luminus) MONTSALVATGE: ‘Madrigal’ and Other Works Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Tim Fain, violinist; Perspectives Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordoñez(Naxos)

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  •   Marcos Balter, by Kat Keers Classical Playlist: András Schiff, Janine Jansen, Rebekah Heller and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, Nov. 13, 2013 A playlist of a different kind than the sort this blog is known for, and an attempt at solving the recent problem of too many worthy recordings and not enough space in

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  • Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Chris Hardwick and Caroline Skinner outside the Ziegfeld Theater Q&A, Caroline Skinner, Executive Producer of Doctor WhoThe New York Times Artsbeat, August 29, 2012 Prior to the preview screening of the Doctor Who season premiere, "Asylum of the Daleks," at the Ziegfeld Theater last Saturday night, described in the previous post,

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  • "A Warm Welcome for 'Doctor Who' in New York"The New York Times Artsbeat, August 26, 2012 In a reasonably spontaneous yet entirely natural departure from my usual beat, on Saturday evening I covered BBC America's American-debut preview of “Asylum of the Daleks,” the first episode from the forthcoming seventh season of Doctor Who. The episode,

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  • Photograph: Chad Batka/The New York Times "White Light Festival: An Act of Testimony"The New York Times Artsbeat, November 19, 2010 Over the past few weeks I've reviewed several events in Lincoln Center's inaugural White Light Festival, a series devoted to exploring spirituality in music — or, more specifically, to promoting the notion that some kinds

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