Links tagged with “classicalmusic”
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The Brilliant Music of Ravel by Charles Rosen | The New York Review of Books
As someone who’s only awareness of Ravel is what I think of as the flouncy Torville & Dean ‘Bolero’, I love the descriptions here (especially in section 3) of exactly why Ravel’s music was avant-garde. Unfortunately, subscribers only.
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Musopen raises $40,000 to set classical music “free”
Love this - raising money via Kickstarter to hire orchestras to record copyright-free versions of classical music. (via Waxy)
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Paul Morley’s showing off … Classical | Music | guardian.co.uk
Somehow I was unaware of the BBC programme and now it’s off iPlayer. Grrr. Sounds awesome and I’ve only read ‘Critic to Composer’ so far. (via Blackbeltjones)
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Classic Cat - the free classical music directory
Directory with links to musicians’ sites with free MP3s of their classical performances.
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Intense / complex classical music | Ask MetaFilter
Handy recommendations from Arvo Part to, er, the ‘Conan the Barbarian’ soundtrack. (via ChrisDodo)