New Reviews for September 13, 2024
Alpha
Vastly contrasting takes on the Pelléas and Mélisande story are handled adeptly by an expert conductor and orchestra.
Deutsche Grammophon
A chamber orchestra symphony survey from a town that was important to the composer during his life.
Orchid Classics
Fluent, old-school Mozart in a spacious acoustic with unique pianos.
Naxos
A splendid group of concertos by a Brazilian composer a decade younger than Villa-Lobos.
Deutsche Grammophon
A rare example of an album on which a young conductor receives top billing, and she delivers.
Chandos
Readings of works by Gerhard have color and rhythmic snap.
In Memoriam
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- September 13, 2024
September 13, 1974
On his third album, released 50 years ago today, Jackson Browne returned to the themes of his debut record (love, loss, identity, apocalypse) and, amazingly, delved even deeper into them. If Browne had seemed to question everything in his first records, here he even questioned himself. It was a lot to put into a pop music album, but Browne stretched the limits of what could be found in what he called "the beauty in songs," just as Bob Dylan had a decade before.
