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Melodies of Marco Polo Dance into Your Body: A CD review by Stanley Fefferman

The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo. Kyriakos Kalaitzidis: Harmonia Mundi/ World Village. Release: 2014-03-11 The title tells you about the historical Silk Route journey concept of this project, so let me tell you how it sounds. The music of composer Kyriakos Kalaitzidis, based … Continue reading

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Sweet Nutcracker Suites by Ellington/Strayhorn and Tchaikovsky: a CD review by Stanley Fefferman

THE NUTCRACKER SUITES:Harmony Ensemble/New York. Steven Richman. Harmonia Mundi. This is an album that asks the question—”Does the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn ‘Americanized’ version of The Nutcracker Suite give the original ‘European’ Tchaikovsky a run for its money?” I think it … Continue reading

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THE PHOENIX RISING: Tudor sacred music takes off with STILE ANTICO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Stile Antico: The Phoenix Rising (Harmonia Mundi) In a CD review I like to write about two things: what the music is and what it does for me. Let me begin by mixing both headings. Stile Antico is NOT music … Continue reading

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Estonian Folk Hymns that Rock Like Olden Times reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Heinavanker: Songs of Olden Times: Estonian Folk Hymns and Runic Songs. Harmonia Mundi 907488. If you have an ear for rhymes in a language you are fortunate not to understand so your mind is freed from the burden of meaning and you … Continue reading

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Isabelle Faust Breathes New Life into Bartok’s Violin Concertos: a CD review by Stanley Fefferman

Isabelle Faust / Daniel Harding/ Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Béla Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Harmonia Mundi. “One’s work shows more exactly than a biography the noteworthy events and driving passions of a life.” Béla Bartok. The noteworthy … Continue reading

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Angela Hewitt’s Schumann Piano Concerto CD reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Schumann Piano Concerto, Angela Hewitt, Hyperion. Miss Hewitt says she was fortunate to have found the right conductor for her recording of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Op. 54 — the Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu. Theirs is a collaboration that redefines, for … Continue reading

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