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Music NewsLongtime Executive Steps Aside at Sony BMG2008-04-19 05:40 - In a shake-up that reflects the end of an era, Sony BMG Music said Thursday that the longtime industry executive Clive Davis would relinquish daily control of his label, the RCA Music Group. Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing 2008-04-19 05:40 - Now added to the endangered species list in New York City: the neighborhood record store. But the survivors aren?t giving up just yet. On a New Album, Not Merely Acting Like a Singer 2008-04-18 06:01 - The actress Zooey Deschanel is showcasing her harmony-loving side in a new band, She & Him, with the singer-songwriter-guitarist M. Ward. Music Review: New Mash-Up: Melody and Architecture 2008-04-17 06:01 - The composer Victoria Bond’s guest for the second installment of her Cutting Edge Concerts series, on Monday, was James Polshek, the architect for many new and reconfigured concert settings. Music Review: Songs in Which Relative Quiet Ruled 2008-04-17 06:01 - On Sunday afternoon Kathleen Battle’s management, Columbia Artists, presented her in what was more or less a re-entry recital at Carnegie Hall. Music Review: Composers? Works Live on to Outshine Oppression 2008-04-17 06:01 - On Sunday, James Conlon led the second of three concerts of ?degenerate? ? the term the Nazis applied to the works of Jewish composers and some others ? and ?generative? music, Mr. Conlon’s term for music written under unrestricted circumstances. Music Review: Using Sharp, Vehement Gestures to Produce Expansive Soun... 2008-04-17 06:01 - The Minnesota Orchestra sounded more brightly polished and supercharged than ever when it played under Osmo Vanska’s baton at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday afternoon. Music Review: A Master’s Early Work; Just Look Past the Plot 2008-04-17 06:01 - The conductor Eve Queler, who made a pioneering recording of Puccini’s early opera ?Edgar? with the Opera Orchestra of New York in a 1977 Carnegie Hall concert, revived it there on Sunday night. Music Review: Variations on the Violin, All in the Key of Brahms 2008-04-17 05:40 - For Anne-Sophie Mutter the saying ?Make every note count? becomes less a vague cliché and more a matter of fact. Music Review: Creating a Comfortable Context for the New Pieces That C... 2008-04-17 05:40 - A recital by the pianist Bruce Levingston is not your average concert. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 |
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