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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:32:37 +0000
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: Original Soundtrack

Having scored four of Farhan Akhtar’s past features, it was a safe bet that music composer trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy would team up once again for the filmmaker-turned-actor’s new picture, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. After all who wouldn’t want to employ the maestros behind hit Bollywood soundtracks such as Dil Chahta...

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Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:49:52 +0000
Nico Muhly - Seeing Is Believing (conductor: Nicholas Collon; violin: Thomas Gould; Aurora Orchestra

Minimalism, electronic fusion, and early English choral music don't generally sit together comfortably within the same sentence, still less on the same classical disc. That fact alone makes Seeing Is Believing worth a listen, aside from these superb performances.

Twenty-nine-year-old American composer Nico Muhly has an extraordinary CV for his age...

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Tue, 31 May 2011 14:20:49 +0000
Steve Reich - Three Movements / The Desert Music (conductor: Kristjan Järvi)

So much of Steve Reich’s music depends on shifting tensions and sonorities. The slightest harmonic tweak in the upper strings must be as committed as the most grounding and predictable left-handed piano thuds. Consequently, performing his works requires an almost telepathic connection between musicians and expert marshalling, perhaps even more...

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Thu, 26 May 2011 12:10:34 +0000
Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphonie No.3 avec “Orgue”; Concerto pour Piano No.4 (feat. organ: Danie

Your first instinct here will probably be to get all excited about the concept. Not only are the orchestral parts for both Saint-Saëns concerti played on dusted-down 19th century instruments, but the Organ Symphony is taped at the church of Saint Sulpice in Paris, with the ‘Titulaire’ Daniel Roth himself...

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Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:08:41 +0000
David Garrett - Rock Symphonies

Ever heard of David Garrett? Neither had I until this week. Unless you're a daytime telly watcher (Daybreak or This Morning, or even the final of Dancing On Ice), I suspect he has housewives all over the UK trembling at the knees, and possibly other places I can't mention here!...

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Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:44:34 +0000
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Tran...

Guinness used to advertise that good things come to those who wait so after 18 years of waiting, the UK finally got to experience the Trans-Siberian Orchestra live show for the first time and was it worth the wait? Well, quite frankly I'm now annoyed we had to wait so...

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Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:09:38 +0000
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place

An opener so often says so much about the record that’s yet to unfold. Straight Outta Compton: bang, get it. Holidays in the Sun: a steel toecap to the teeth. Julianna Barwick’s second album begins with a song called Envelop. No arguments here, as it does exactly that.

You...

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:35:44 +0000
MEN - Talk About Body

Here we have an electronica collaboration that mixes the best of current high end dance outfits. With its core members consisting of Le Tigre's JD Samson, Ladybug Transistor's Michael O'Neill and Ginger Brooks Takahashi of LTTR, MEN is a musical art/performance collective. Throughout its 12 tracks "Talk About Body" shows...

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Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:10:27 +0000
MEN - Talk About Body

JD Samson, the spearhead of MEN (and the sideline venture HIRSUTE) is the proud owner of a grizzly bear tattoo. And a rather dapper moustache. Samson is indeed her real surname. Frida Kahlo, eat your hairy heart out.

It’s been a while since alt-rock had a queer/gender agenda, and MEN (Samson...

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Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:45:34 +0000
RIP John Barry

It's with great sadness that we report that John Barry, gentleman, scholar and towering figure in his field has died of a heart attack after a prolonged period of ill health, aged 77.

Film composer, arranger and conductor, Barry's work saw him win 5 Oscars during his career and be...


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