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Call for Scores: Royal Northern Sinfonia, Lars Vogt Seek Chamber 'Mozarts of Tomorow'
Ron Carter and The WDR Big Band, 'My Personal Songbook,' IN+OUT Records (REVIEW)
For the first time ever, 10 Ron Carter originals are fleshed out by an extended orchestra. 'My Personal Songbook' is, in a word, gorgeous, colored by shifting brass, woodwinds, percussion and, of course, his trend-setting, always evocative stand-up bass. PREMIERE: Watch Lang Lang 'In Paris,' Making Of Video with Chopin, Tchaikovsky (Sony)
For us Classicalites, the intimate splendor of Chopin and Tchaikovsky's solo piano music still resonates well across the centuries. And the transcriptions. There's a kind of beauty, even a turmoil, inside its sounding realm, as well as outside of it.
