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This modernist feel was especially punctuated by guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach who donned a black (of course) collarless (priest?) buttonless (zipper?) shirt. Eschenbach's every motion was like clean staccato, a human metronome for the orchestra. And even special guest Midori's movements seemed strangely reminiscent of C3PO. The analogy should probably wisely end here...
...Midori Chamber Ensemble presents Schubert's "String Trio No. 2 in B-flat major," Brahms' "Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor," and Dvorak's "Piano Quartet in Eflat major." NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St. CelebrityCharge at 482-6661 for tickets...
...benefits. University graduates, especially women, encounter what the press has dubbed "the super-ice age of employment." Homeowners who bought at the top of the real estate market in 1991 are stuck with apartments and houses worth a fraction of what they paid. "For working people like me," says Midori Suzuki, a mother of two and a nurse who works full time, "life is getting more and more difficult. I have to work harder and harder to make a living...
...Bruch is also unexceptional, besides Midori's unassailable technique. One cannot help but wonder whether her obsession with note-perfection might be getting in the way of musical success. To reiterate yet again, I am reliably impressed with her facility, but I have never been convinced by her recordings...
...allow one to preview this album (and others by Sony) at a modestly-equipped computer terminal. For those armed with a World-Wide Web browser (you know who you are), set the path to read http://www.music sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/Midori.html. There, not only can one find a short biography of Midori, her Sony/CBS discography, and excerpts from critical reviews of this recording, but one can actually retrieve sound clips from this album in either 8-or 16-bit mono...