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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 2 & 11 (Valery Gergiev; Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus) -

This disc, the second in Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra’s series of Shostakovich pairings, brilliantly balances two opposing symphonies. The experimental, impish and thoroughly odd second symphony was composed to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, while the expansive and hugely intricate 11th marries tonality...

Gustav Mahler - Mahler - Lieder (baritone: Christian Gerhaher, piano: Gerold Huber) -

This Mahler recital provokes comparisons with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Leonard Bernstein in many of the same songs back in 1968, and that’s already to pay the newcomer the highest of compliments. But Gerhaher’s eloquent sleeve notes take us back to Schumann and Schubert, and an approach to poetry that was...

Kronos Quartet, Floodplain -

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Philip Glass Drops Glass Box, Shards Injure Several Nearby College Professors - Alright, dudes-in-bands, listen up. Fucking schools in session, and our instructor is Philip Glass. Yes, after more than four decades of making us all exclaim Why didnt I think of that!?!? as we listened in awe to things like singers counting beats and singing sol feg syllables, arpeggios...

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