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...Bach, the two-CD sound-track album (Sony Classical), on which Ma plays the Bach cello suites without benefit of ice dancers, landscape artists or snappy one-liners from choreographer Mark Morris, is a major musical achievement. Ma's second take on the Bach suites is also a distinct improvement on the version he recorded at the age of 26 (which is still available on Sony). His playing has grown deeper and more forceful in recent years, and these warmly romantic performances faithfully reflect that change: the interpretations are far more personal in tone, the sense of fantasy much richer...
...levels separate from accompanying players. Lund was sure to keep the beat but the rhythm often seemed to disagree with Trosper and Rumsey. Similarly, bass and guitar often battled for who could be more discernibly out of step with the other. Despite the randomness, Unwound never failed in molding distinct, assimilable songs from the musical mess...
Sofen , currently the organization's treasurer and a Crimson editor, said BGLTSA's two primary roles, political and social, should be distinct so that members can take what they'd like from the organization...
...British singer-guitarist Billie Myers' recently released debut, Growing, Pains (Universal), is steadily climbing the Billboard charts; one song from the album, Kiss the Rain, has become a Top-20 single. Both of these artists make rock that draws on soul and folk, yet they each have a distinct style. But one thing they have in common: both have made uncommonly good albums...
Among the two violins, viola and cello, there is a sense conveyed that goes beyond clarity and sparkle, beyond coloration and eloquence. There is a sense of oneness. It is a unity that is conveyed in moments when the ensemble sounds not like four distinct instruments, but like one single voice that is guided by the same rhythmn and timing--and more importantly, by the same vision and spirit. What is remarkable is that this doesn't come at the sacrifice of the quartet's many personalities. Somewhere between the pauses and rests, between the crescendos and dimenuendos, the players...