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Today those words still apply to too many conductors and their orchestras. Beethoven symphonies are wolfed down like bran flakes, high in moral fiber and good for the soul; meanwhile, less celebrated works are regarded as the aural version of empty calories. Here, apparently, is the enduring Toscanini legacy, and, according to Horowitz's plausible indictment, one that shows few signs of fading away...
white and Black and its aural tones are standard
...been called "aural wallpaper," "music for the Birkenstock crowd" and "yuppie elevator music." Its titles evoke a holistic, hot-tubbing world: Etosha -- Private Music in the Land of Dry Water, Aerial Boundaries, Nirvana Road. Although its composers include musicians prominent in the rock avant- garde, it is marked by a meditative aesthetic whose goal is often creative anonymity. A laid-back synthesis of folk, jazz and classical influences, it is called, by rough convention, New Age music. But what exactly...
While it might be argued that Kershishian is making a stylistic point, the starkness of the stage is infuriating, particularly for the concert scenes which beg at least a large slide backdrop of a screaming horde of teeny boppers or some illusion of grandeur. The aural illusion needs a stronger physical complement...
PRODUCER HUGH Jones is known for creating aural atmospheres, mood pieces like Echo and the Bunnymen's best album. Heaven Up Here. It was Jones who channeled the Bunneymen's monotone assault to give that record its haunting and menacing character. At the helm of two new bands. Del Amitri and The Colourfield. Jones has forsaken the Gothic terror of Heaven for the chumminess of well plucked acoustic guitars through crystal clear pop production. And the results are mixed...