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I’ve often debated the value of performance DVDs over recordings. Obviously, in many areas, especially opera, video recordings are invaluable documents. Since production values are intrinsic to so many operas today, unless you are lucky enough to be there, a DVD performance may be the only way to experience the entire production—not just the singing. Read More …
An article from The Globe And Mail For 20 years, the French-born concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been the last musician to walk onstage, just before performances begin… His next disc, on the Naxos label, will feature another chamber group he plays in: the Mirage Quintet, consisting of flute, violin, viola, cello and Read More …
To some, Frederic Rzewski might seem like a composer full of contradictions. His music, after all, includes minimalist and quasi-serialist works as well as collage-type pieces. For example, we all discovered during the pre-concert chat with series producer Ara Guzelimian that Elliott Carter has been a long time friend and mentor to Rzewski. I was Read More …
UNABRIDGED VERSUS ABRIDGED. It is a discussion as old as audiobooks. It is partly about simple commerce—unabridged audiobooks can seem high priced, though the hours fly by. But it is also about convenience: I think there is still a place for abridged texts, for not everyone wants to listen to twenty-eight or thirty hours of Read More …