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Joseph Nolan: The Full Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1 album review – seething with quasi-orchestral color

by musicsoundwizard@gmail.com   ·  1 week ago  

Charles-Valentin Alkan became with out a doubt considered one of many huge composers of his day. Chopin, his buddy and one-time nextdoor neighbour, became an fervent admirer, while Liszt cited Alkan as the supreme individual in whose presence he felt anxious performing. Many of his keyboard works are notoriously tough to play, yet all are ...

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James Blake: Attempting Events review – platitudes about politics and Kanye can’t detract from a cultured album

by musicsoundwizard@gmail.com   ·  1 week ago  

Of the total issues it is possible you'll perhaps interrogate from a James Blake album – swish minimalism, plaintive vocal distortion, appearances from hip-hop’s mammoth and correct – chin-stroking socio0political commentary potentially isn’t regarded as one of them. But because the title suggests, our most modern distress is strictly what the 37-one year-venerable goals to ...