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Thursday, April 22, 2021 Fifty years after the composer’s death, Riccardo Chailly and Teodor Currentzis talk to Peter Quantrill about what can – and can’t – be learnt from Stravinsky’s own recordings Stravinsky on the podium [photo: Fondation Horst Tappe / Bridgeman Images] Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,000 expert reviews, features, awards and blog articles. Why not register today and enjoy the following great benefits: Free access to 5 subscriber-only reviews per month...

Reissue CDs Weekly: Wes Montgomery - The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings | reviews, news & interviews Reissue CDs Weekly: Wes Montgomery - The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings Reissue CDs Weekly: Wes Montgomery - The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings Live recordings from 1965 are a footnote in the jazz guitarist’s discography by Kieron TylerSunday, 11 April 2021 Speaking to America’s Hit Parader magazine in August 1967, Frank Zappa said “If you want to learn how to play guitar, listen to Wes Montgomery.” The article was titled My Favorite Records and the head Mother was being fe...

Sony SRS-RA5000 wireless speaker When I first heard Sony’s 360 Reality Audio technology at CES 2019, I was quite impressed with its implementation on headphones. The company was also demonstrating 360RA on a specially designed speaker, but the line to get into the demo booth was long, and my time at that point was very short, so I missed hearing what it could do from a speaker in a room. About a year later, I wrote a full review of 360RA on headphones with a detailed explanation of the technology. More recently, I wrote an update on Sony’s plans for and demos of the technology at v...

Igor Stravinsky was more an inventor than a composer. The USSR did not deserve him In Tony Palmer's film about the great composer, reissued on the 50th anniversary of his death, he rightly chooses California over Russia 4 April 2021 • 12:00pm An 83-year-old Igor Stravinsky conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra during a concert of his work at the Royal Festival Hall in 1965 Credit: Express Newspapers/Getty Next Tuesday is the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s death. His originality as a composer attracted much hostility in his early years but by his death he was revered. He made h...

Alabama’s Gulf Coast ready for spring breakers Coastal communities rebounding after Hurricane Sally Alabama Gulf Coast 6 months after Hurricane Sally By Sally Pitts | March 5, 2021 at 5:42 AM CST - Updated March 5 at 8:53 PM Gulf Shores, Ala. (WSFA) - March 16th marks six months since Hurricane Sally slammed into Alabama’s Gulf Coast. The strong category 2 storm caused significant flooding and wind damage. While Sally slowly crawled across Alabama, the recovery after the storm was swift for most of Alabama’s coastal communities. Less than six months after the storm, the ma...