Classical
Christian McBride Helps Band Mate Warren Wolf Go Through 'Convergence,' Mack Avenue [REVIEW]
Andrea Bocelli Offers Expert Guidance to Latin Grammys Best New Artist
Renowned opera singer Andrea Bocelli is offering the artistic opportunity of a lifetime to the winner of Best New Artist at this year's Latin Grammys. The performer has vowed to personally tutor the winner of the award once announced at November's ceremony. Henning Sievert's 'Double Quartet' is a Rare Meld of Beauty, Mystery and History [REVIEW]
For his 16th CD, Henning Sieverts' 'Double Quartet' (Pirouet) reaches back over 600 years to research the history of the Bavarian Irsee Monastery in uncovering a mass written in 1614. He then wrote 15 original pieces of music (shortest 51 seconds; longest 12 minutes) for duo, quartet and octet in a similar style but expanding it into modern jazz. No overdubs.
