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SCHUMANN: CARNAVAL; PAPILLONS; TOCCATA (Sony Classical). Cecile Licad goes to the fair, tackling Schumann's greatest piano work, Carnaval, and finding goodies on almost every page. The Toccata also surges and sparkles. Only the tricky Papillons disappoints; she should float like a butterfly, but she stings like...
...Vile Body is largely the creation of Teachout, a Missouri-born polymath who plays jazz piano, reviews records and ballet, and is gearing up to write a biography of H.L. Mencken. When he moved to New York from the Midwest three years ago, Teachout was dismayed to discover that the city was, as he puts it, "hostile to civilized friendship." There was little opportunity for people of his age and ideology to coalesce for intellectual sustenance. "Conservatives and libertarians exist in an adversary culture," he explains. "You need a community where you don't have to be arguing first causes...
...cappella advertisements are big, glossy, and multi-colored, displaying everything from a crocodile crawling on a piano to millions of little pumpkins. In Currier, where I live now, the posters attack me as soon as I step into any elevator. (It's kind of fitting, since in the real world, I would expect to hear a cappella tunes in an elevator...
...Piano...
...those nooks for Lauderdale is the grand piano. Lauderdale, more known for his effervescent personality and taste for expensive women's clothing, is a concert pianist...