Word: bach
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...pitched in fewer than 10 words: Kathleen Battle and ((another famous musician)) perform ((mainstream repertory)). Thus last year Battle teamed up with soprano Jessye Norman in a program of spirituals on Deutsche Grammophon that is still going strong as a crossover best seller. In January Battle released an all-Bach album with + violinist Itzhak Perlman, also on DG; it remains near the top of the classical charts. Now, in the new pairing with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, she has another best seller...
...reigning lyric coloratura soprano, and Marsalis, a prodigy who continues to grow as both a classical musician and a jazzman, makes a worthy collaborator. It is hard not to be dazzled and delighted by the pyrotechnics they provide in these predominantly bright, florid selections from Handel, Scarlatti, Bach and others. Yet the album, like its predecessors, seems an event built as much on personality and packaging as on musical impulses. And the limitations of its formula are exposed by the nature of most soprano-trumpet duets: the nonstop bravura finally becomes a bit wearisome (the Bach album with Perlman comes...
...Bach's Goldberg Variations, recorded by Glenn Gould...
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT THE sumptuous Ritz-Carlton hotel in seaside Laguna Niguel, Calif., a string quartet played Bach as 157 men in black tie -- and three elegantly dressed women -- gathered around a long banquet table to indulge in their shared passion. Among them were company presidents, politicians, entertainment celebrities and Marine Corps generals. The champagne, lobster ravioli, rare filet mignon and ripe cheeses they savored were but pleasant distractions from the evening's true purpose. Sealed from the hotel lobby and society's opprobrium beyond, these "lovers of the leaf" were happily turning the air blue with the smoke...
...directorial devices that create a bourgeois French ambience are carried through by the actors and actresses with ease. The costumes (designed by Lara Ho and Christie Peale) are appropriate for the classical French setting. The set design utilizes the space of Leverett House old Library well. The music, Bach's Goldberg Variations (Aria and 30 variations) lends itself to the decadent an opulent atmosphere well. The overall visual and the atrical effects show off some excellent talents...