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Cheating, Lying, Stealing: John Adams Talks to the Independent About What Makes a Good Composer a Great One
Faust & Furious: After London Withdrawal, Anna Netrebko Hardens with Riccardo and Chiara Muti's 'Manon Lescaut' in Rome
Covent Garden aside, Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times has good words for Netrebko in Rome, where she dutifully followed Riccardo Muti in Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut.' Muti is known, of course, for his rigorous rehearsal regimen (and for not suffering fools). Music for Pieces of Wood: Bartholomäus Traubeck's 'Years' Plays Rings Around Your Priceless Vinyl Collection
If you're an artist like Bartholomäus Traubeck, slamming tree trunks onto your weighted Rega turntable isn't a foreign concept. No, it's just another installation. But is it a true ecology of sound?
