One of ELP’s best classic music adaptations, it’s “Toccata” from 1973’s Brain Salad Surgery.
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Album cover of the week: Glassworks
In addition to being a commercial breakthrough for Philip Glass, 1982’s Glassworks sports a nifty cover. It’s the album cover of the week for just that reason.
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Listening Booth – Karl Jenkins, “Agnus Dei”
A lovely sample of contemporary classical, “Agnus Dei”.
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Platters that matter: 20 albums that changed my life (#20-#11)
The first part of a countdown of the Top 20 albums that have made a huge impact on my life, feat. Queen, Iron Maiden, Rush, and Miles Davis.
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Listening Booth – Sergei Prokofiev, “Dance of the Knights”
Alright, time for you cretins to get a little culture. Even if you don’t like classical music, you gotta give it up for Sergei Prokofiev. The man could write some really stirring music. Although my favorite Prokofiev work is his film score and cantata for Alexander Nevsky, today I’m highlighting a piece from his ballet,[…]
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I come not to bury jazz, but to praise it
I might as well offer my two cents on Terry Teachout’s recent editorial for the Wall Street Journal, “Can Jazz Be Saved?”, since so many others already have. In it, Teachout beats the same funeral drum that countless other jazz pundits have for decades – namely that the already small audience for jazz is shrinking[…]
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The Killer Bs – two new albums worth checking out
Gray Flannel Mixtape: Seinfeld songs
My latest mixtape offers a collection of songs heard on Seinfeld throughout the show’s legendary nine seasons.
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Pictures at an Exhibition – State Theatre in New Brunswick, 5/19/06
I’m pretty much a dummy when it comes to classical music. I couldn’t tell a Beethoven movement from a Mozart symphony if you held a gun to my head. To be perfectly honest, a lot of the classical music I’ve heard has a certain sameness to it. But there are a handful of pieces that[…]
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