#Berlin Baroque Soloists

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Berlin Baroque Soloists plays Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin and strings "The Summer" from "The Four Seasons" Direction: Bernhard Forck Violin: Daishin Kashimoto / 樫本大進

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Top Artists — Medium Term (6 months)

Felbm

Radiohead

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Kate Bush

Nick Drake

Midlake

Paul Simon

Simon & Garfunkel

Slowdive

Boards of Canada

Canary Room

The Beatles

Fionn Regan

Beach House

Leonard Cohen

hemlock

Vashti Bunyan

Clara Mann

Bob Dylan

The Smiths

ABBA

Grouper

David Bowie

The Clientele

Jessica Pratt

Olovson

Bill Callahan

Laura Marling

Rachel Grimes

Chet Baker

Belle and Sebastian

Sibylle Baier

Aldous Harding

Cocteau Twins

Acetone

Connan Mockasin

Fleetwood Mac

Cornelia Murr

John Martyn

Julie London

Sea Oleena

Sufjan Stevens

Meg Baird

Shannon Lay

Van Morrison

Pink Floyd

Caroline Says

Sun Kil Moon

Maxine Funke

Fairport Convention

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Top Tracks — Long Term (years)

Calla — Canary Room

4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: IV. Morgen! — Richard Strauss, Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch

6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Allegretto — Fanny Mendelssohn, Beatrice Rauchs

Long Before Us — Rachel Grimes

Sandalwood I — Jonny Greenwood

Stabat Mater: 1. Stabat Mater — Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Thaïs / Act 2: Méditation — Jules Massenet, Joshua Bell, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4 — Antonín Dvořák, Alisa Weilerstein, Anna Polonsky

Elegy No. 1 in D Major — Giovanni Bottesini, Andrew Burashko, Joel Quarrington

The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Cello and Piano) — Camille Saint-Saëns, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott

Julie With - 2004 Digital Remaster — Brian Eno

wallingford bossa — hemlock

Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 1, Zart und mit Ausdruck — Robert Schumann, Sol Gabetta, Hélène Grimaud

By This River - 2004 Digital Remaster — Brian Eno

Just When You Need Yourself Most — Oberhofer

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro — Giacomo Puccini, Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Bleecker Street — Simon & Garfunkel

House of Woodcock — Jonny Greenwood

Shaker — Acetone

All The Time — Acetone

Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz II — Dmitri Shostakovich, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Kalendar Prince (Excerpt) — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Christine — Canary Room

Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens — Tiny Ruins

Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Josef Sakonov, London Festival Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso — Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Kempff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner

Deux Arabesques, L. 66, CD 74: I. Première Arabesque — Claude Debussy, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Green Bus — The Innocence Mission

Lucida — Thomas Bartlett

Introduction et Allegro, M. 46 — Maurice Ravel, Oxalys

Two Thousand and Seventeen — Four Tet

When It Rains — Felbm

Lake Effect — Canary Room

Candy Says — The Velvet Underground

Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48: II. Valse — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Heft II: No. 14, Zart und singend — Robert Schumann, Jonathan Biss

Magnolia — J.J. Cale

day one — hemlock

Return From The Ice — Acetone

Requiem in D minor, K.626: 6. Benedictus — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Willard White, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

River — Terry Reid

Where Should I Meet You? — Canary Room

This Night Has Opened My Eyes - 2011 Remaster — The Smiths

Brother — Vashti Bunyan

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude — Johann Sebastian Bach, Yo-Yo Ma

Sweeten Your Eyes — The Clientele

Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song (Arr. by Paul Bateman) — Kurt Weill, Daniel Hope, Jacques Ammon, Zürcher Kammerorchester

Funicular — Felbm

Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jenő Jandó

Sensuela — Column

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Mostly Mezzo Mondays: Connolly, DiDonato (x2), Invernizzi, Antonacci, Cargill (x2), Leonard, Bartoli (vintage), Barton, and Röschmann

Mostly Mezzo Mondays: a recurring (though not weekly) feature where, on Monday nights, I blog a list of the upcoming broadcasts that have caught my eye on World Concert Hall. My interests: baroque vocal music, art song recitals, and a list of favorite singers.

Mostly Mezzo Mondays has been mostly on hiatus in recent weeks, but it is back today with an absolute MEZZ-o-RAMA of upcoming broadcasts, plus a few of my favorite sopranos thrown into the mix, covering a huge range of repertoire. There should be something for everyone in this week’s MMM.

First and foremost in my heart, we have Dame Sarah Connolly among the soloists for a Beethoven Missa Solemnis recorded at a concert in Berlin in 2018. Malin Hartelius, Steve Davislim, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann fill out the rest of the vocal soloists’ roster; they sing with Le Concert Olympique and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor conducted by Jan Caeyers. Unlike many of the other performances in this week’s MMM list, this one has not (to my knowledge) been broadcast previously. Tuesday, April 28 on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s series of free video streams; Elza van den Heever plays her rival Elisabetta in this production from 2013. Tuesday, April 28 on the Met website.

I admire Roberta Invernizzi’s work in Italian baroque repertoire; I look forward to hearing what she can do with Elizabethan and early English baroque music in the first half of a recital recorded in early 2018. The second half of the program, which she shares with lutenists Franco Pavan and Ugo Di Giovanni, turns to Italian works. Wednesday, April 29 on Rai Radio 3. 

The Wiener Staatsoper’s free video stream offerings this week include a production of Berlioz’s Les Troyens from 2018 with Anna Caterina Antonacci in the role of Cassandre and Joyce DiDonato as Didon. Thursday, April 30 via the Staatsoper’s streaming platform.

Fans of Karen Cargill may want to catch the re-broadcast of her performance in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC National Chorus of Wales, and the Boy and Girl Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral, recorded in 2017. Thursday, April 13 on BBC Radio 3.

A mezzo gets the title role in a second Met video stream this week: Isabel Leonard sings the lead in Nico Muhly’s Marnie. Iestyn Davies and Christopher Maltman also star in the production, which was filmed in 2018. Thursday, April 30 on the Met website.

Karen Cargill sings the role of Marguerite in Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust; Bryan Hymel and Gerald Finley sing Faust and Mephistopheles, respectively, in a rebroadcast of a 2017 performance with the London Symphony Orchestra. Friday, May 1 on BBC Radio 3.

I promised there would be something for everyone in this week’s MMM, and that includes some vintage Cecilia Bartoli in a concert of Italian baroque arias that she performed along with Le Musiche Nove in 2002. Friday, May 1 on SWR 2.

Jamie Barton sings the role of Fricka in Wagner’s Das Rheingold; Iain Paterson is her Wotan in a 2014 production from the Houston Grand Opera. Saturday, May 2 on the radio station HPM Classical.

And finally, Dorothea Röschmann sings three fragments from Berg’s Wozzeck as part of a concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker recorded in 2018. Saturday, May 2 on RBB Kultur.

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(*) müzik: bach, “orchestral suite, no. 2 in b minor, bwv 1067”. 

(**) video: emmanuel pahud, berlin baroque soloists.

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Day 10: J.S.Bach - St Matthew's passion

What other musical masterpiece could I even introduce on a Good Friday, then one that deals with the Easter story. And when dealing with passion, there are some good ones out there. But none as good as the St Matthew Passion, the oratorio by J.S.Bach.

In 1727, Johann Sebastian Bach, a musical director of the Thomasschule at the St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) in Leipzig, being a very competitive and complicated personality, extremely confident in his musical abilities and who had lifelong troubles with authorities, composed a monumental oratorio for the coming Easter. Having a go at this genre once before with his St John Passion in 1724, this time he went even bigger. The St Matthew Passion is written for two choirs and two orchestras and it is even longer and even more atmospheric. I mean, what else is the epitome of the saying “Go big or go home.” Bach himself was aware that he wrote history while composing this music. And even today, this three-hour masterpiece of the St Matthew Passion remains one of the most poignant musical works ever written.(1)

The narration follows the structure of the Gospel of Matthew (Chapters 26 and 27) in the German translation of the Luther Bible. The story begins with the anointing in Bethany, through the Last Supper, the arrest in Gethsemane, the interrogation, the trial before Pontius Pilate, crucifixion and burial.

The aria ”So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen“ (Part 27a - Aria for Soprano and Alto in E minor), a lamentation after the arrest already interspersed with the sounds of a shouting, is followed by a choral “Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden?” (Part 27b - Choral in E minor) for both choirs picturing a violent skirmish and the horror and chaos that ensued.

The Choral “Wer hat dich so geschlagen“ (Part 37 - Choral in F major) is a point where the central melody used throughout the work gets simplified and concentrated in a contrite lamentation. It’s based on a simple direct personal question: “Who has hit you?” It’s a peaceful and tender part and could be almost used as prayer on its own. This one single part, less than a minute long, is my most favourite part of the St Matthew Passion and has been a constant spiritual tool of mine for few years now. I keep coming back to it quite often, Easter or not.

The Aria “Erbarme dich“ (Part 39 - Aria for Alto in B minor) begins with a solo for violin which brings in a sense of concentration and utter sadness and grief, then turns again into a melody suggesting compassion and forgiveness. And then the alto joins in and together with the violin they meander through the air in intertwining melodies.

The St Matthew Passion was not heard in more or less its entirety outside Leipzig until 1829, when young Felix Mendelssohn performed a version of it in Berlin. Mendelssohn's revival brought the music of Bach, particularly the large-scale works, to public and scholarly attention. There are a lot of good recordings of the St Matthew Passion out there. A 1989 one by Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, a 2001 one by Arnold Schoenberg Choir and Wiener Sängerknaben, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and  the 2013 one by RIAS Kammerchor and Staats- und Domchor Berlin conducted by René Jacobs  are very good ones. I have also seen it performed live by Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704, conducted by Václav Luks here in Prague and it was superb as well. I can recommend it to anyone who would be thinking of getting tickets to seeing it life. But the best one in my opinion is the one from 1998 sung and performed by Collegium Vocale Gent, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.

Have a nice meaningful Friday, relax and enjoy.

Album highlights: - Part 1 - Chorale “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen” - Part 3 - Chorale “Herzliebster Jesu” - Part 27a - Aria “So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen” & Part 27b - Chorale “Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden?“ - Part 29 - Chorale “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß” - Part 37 - Chorale “Wer hat dich so geschlagen“ - Part 39 - Aria “Erbarme dich” - Part 40 - Chorale “Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen” - Part 65 - Aria “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein”

Playlist: https://spoti.fi/2R41MS0 Note: This is the 2nd playlist, the one for the classical / orchestral music: Quarantine Classical Music Calendar.

Links and References: (1) St. Matthew's passion - J.S. Bach @Flagey.be St Matthew’s passion - Wikipedia

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December Saturday 14th 19:30 Baroque Rivals Harpsichord recital by Jiang Yushan La Plantation concert hall ☎️51661201 微信wechat : laplantation Program Georg Friedrich Haendel（1685－1759） Suite in d HWV 428 Suite in g HWV 432 Domenico Scarlatti（1685－1757） Sonate in b Allegro K.173 Sonate in d Prestissimo K.517 Sonate in C Allegro K.502 Sonate in C Presto K.423 Sonate in F Allegro K.44 Sonate in D Allegro K.535 Intermission Louis Marchand（1669-1732） Pieces de Clavecin livre 2 Johann Sebastian Bach（1685-1750） English Suite No.2 in a BWV 807 Jiang Yushan Harpsichordist and organist,was born in Tianjin and has been learning music since childhood, tutored by Jin Kaihua and Feng Wanqi. Jiang performed Grieg's piano concerto in A minor withTianjin Symphony Orchestra in the age of 13, and then went to Moscow for music study when he was 15. After graduating with excellent academic record from Central Music School of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Jiang went on to seek for further education in Tchaikovsky Conservatory as well as in Folkwang University of Arts and Zurich University of Arts. Jiang has learned from the famous Russian pianist Andrei Zhavaronkov, organist Professor Alexei Parshin, Professor Christian Rieger, harpsichord soloist and figured bass player of Musica Antiqua Köln, and Professor Andreas Jost, organist of Grossmünster in Zurich andone of the most important and famous organist in Europa, Jean-Claude Zehnder. Jiang has been invited to perform in recitals, chamber concerts and art festivals in different countries repeatedly, his footprints covering various concert halls and churches in major cities like Moscow, Cologne, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Hamburg, Dresden and Hannover. The Rheinische Post has highly praised his superb performance in the Ruhr Region Music Festival and "Holz a la cart" Art Festival. Jiang has performed in collaboration with many famous baroque music players, including traverse flutists Marc Hantai, Michael-Schmidt Casdorff, and Claire Genewein, Baroque violinists Midori Seiler and Mayumi Hirasiki and Baroque cellist Markus Möllenberg. Since 2009, Jiang has hosted serial recitals to promote classical music in Chinese colleges f (à La Plantation 璃墟) https://www.instagram.com/p/B54YOkaFgGg/?igshid=1pll0370zjzkl

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Discos escuchados en 20-19

       Teruhisa Fukuda - Japan: Musical Offering of a Shakuhachi Master (2018)

       Kelman Duran - 13th Month (2018)

       Susana Santos Silva - All the Rivers, Live at Panteão Nacional (2018)

       Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness - Emakhosini (2018)

       The Soft Moon - Criminal (2018)

       Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie (2018)

       Snail Mail - Lush (2018)

       The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (2018)

       Neko Case - Hell-On (2018)

       Death Drag - Shifted (2018)

       Toby Driver - They Are the Shield (2018)

       Drudkh - Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring) (2018)

       Dead Combo - Odeon Hotel (2018)

       Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band - Siri Ba Kele (2018)

       Глеб Колядин [Gleb Kolyadin] - Gleb Kolyadin (2018)

       Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now (2018)

       Murder by Death - The Other Shore (2018)

       Monte Resina - Aluado Bulimor (2018)

       Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik - Hugsjá (2018)

       Marlowe - Marlowe (2018)

       Wayfarer - World's Blood (2018)

       Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn (2013)

       Lil Peep - Goth Angel Sinner (2018)

       Mundo Livre S/A - A Dança dos Não Famosos (2018)

       Cecilio.G - MAD MAX POWER (2018)

       Betacam - Mítico (2018)

       Axolotes Mexicanos - Salu2 (2018)

       Atom Rhumba - Cosmic Lexicon (2018)

       Za! - Pachinko Plex (2018)

       Aliment - Brother (2018)

       El Petit de Cal Eril - ∆ (2018)

       Rodrigo Amado, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler & Chris Corsano - A History of Nothing (2018)

       Kikí d'akí - Breve encuentro (2019)

       Joan Miquel Oliver - Elektra (2018)

       Yung Beef - Adromicfms 4 (2018)

       Fernando Alfaro - Sangre en los surcos (2018)

       Elastic Band - Fun Fun Fun (2018)

       Disco las Palmeras! - Cálida (2018)

       Cooper - Tiempo, Temperatura, Agitación (2018)

       Mutant Beat Dance - Mutant Beat Dance (2018)

       Soleá Morente - Ole Lorelei (2018)

        Ferran Palau - Blanc (2018)

       Pega Monstro - Casa de cima (2017)

       Maria Rodés - Eclíptica (2018)

       Justin Hurwitz - First Man (2018)

       Various Artists - We Out Here (2018)

        Thelonious Monk - Mønk (2018) *** 4.5/5

       Dapuntobeat - Digital Pills (2018)

       Cookin' Soul - Doom Xmas (2018)

       Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet - The Breadwinner (2008) *** 4.5/5

       Bernard Parmegiani - De natura sonorum (1975) *** 4.5/5

       Various Artists - Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music and Nature in Sakha and Tuva (1999)

       Dr. Roger Payne - Songs of the Humpback Whale (1970)

        Akira Sakata, Chikamorachi & Masahiko Sato - Proton Pump (2018)

        Aterciopelados - Claroscura (2018)

        Aterciopelados - Caribe atómico (1998)

        Mercado de los Corotos, by Augusto Bracho (2018)

       Da Pawn - Pistola de Balín (2018)

       Jeff Rosenstock - POST- (2018)

       Saintseneca - Pillar of Na (2018)

       Say Sue Me - Where We Were Together (2018)

       Rival Consoles - Persona (2018)

       Julee Cruise - Floating Into the Night (1989)

       Lowrider - Ode to Io (2000)

       Grotto - Smokonomicon (2016)

       Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975) *** 4.5/5

       Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (2011)

       Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (1975) *** 4.5/5

       Respire - Dénouement (2018)

       Los Caramelos - Cicatrices de un cuento (II) (2018)

       Nacho Casado - Verão (2018)

       Milo - Budding Ornithologists Are Weary of Tired Analogies (2018)

       DJ Muggs & Roc Marciano - Kaos (2018)

       Nostrum Grocers - Nostrum Grocers (2018)

       Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz - Mona Lisa (2018)

       Panda Bear - Buoys (2019)

       The Collective - TEXTURES : WALLS (2019)

        The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (2011)

       Toro y Moi - Outer Peace (2019)

       Mark Deutrom - The Blue Bird (2019)

       John Garcia and The Band of Gold - John Garcia and The Band of Gold (2019)

       The Scary Jokes - Burn Pygmalion!!! A Better Guide to Romance (2019)

       Future - BEASTMODE2 (2018)

       Anja Garbarek - The Road Is Just a Surface (2018)

       Craig Armstrong - Sun on You (2018)

       The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land (2018)

       Beautify Junkyards - The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards (2018)

       Abul Mogard - Above All Dreams (2018)

       Michael O'Shea - Michael O'Shea (1982) *** 4.5/5

       Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) *** 4.5/5

       Nico - The Marble Index (1968)

       Orquesta de las Nubes - Manual del usuario (1987)

       Panchasila - Panchasila (2018)

       Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (1969)

       Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho - Paêbirú (1975)

       Son House - Father of Folk Blues (1965) *** 4.5/5

       J.B. Lenoir - Alabama Blues (1965) *** 4.5/5  

       Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (1985)

       Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)

       Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting by the River (1993)

       Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar (1958)

       Skip James - Today! (1966)

       Mississippi John Hurt - Today! (1966)

       Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (1964) *** 4.5/5  

       Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Checkerboard Lounge Live Chicago 1981 (2012) *** 4.5/5  

   Otis Spann - The Biggest Thing Since Colossus (1969) *** 4.5/5  

   Chester Watson - Instrumental Tape (2019)

   Future - Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (2019)

   English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner - Mass in B minor (1985)  *** 4.5/5  

   Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlos Kleiber - Symphonie Nr.5 (1975)  *** 4.5/5  

   Berliner Philharmoniker / Pierre Boulez - Symphony of Psalms; Symphony in Three Movements; Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1999)  *** 4.5/5  

   Muggs x DOOM - Muggs x DOOM (2018)

   Gun - Gun (1968) *** 4.5/5  

   Dark - Round the Edges (1972)

   Morgen - Morgen (1969)

   Truth and Janey - No Rest for the Wicked (1976)

   Leaf Hound - Growers of Mushroom (1971)

   The Moody Blues With The London Festival Orchestra - Days of Future Passed (1967) ***5/5

   Sascha Goetzel / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra  - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade         *** 4.5/5    

   Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow (2019)

   The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks (1967)

   Scott Engel - Scott 4 (1969)

   Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy (2015) *** 4.5/5

   Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez / Анатолий Угорский [Anatol Ugorski] - Le poème de l'extase; Piano Concerto; Prométhée (1999)

   Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)

   Chicago Symphony Orchestra / James Levine - Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris (1993) *** 4.5/5

   Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)

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FEBRERO:1.        James Blake - Assume Form (2019)2.        Felipe El Hombre - Los Hijos del Sol (2018)3.        Eptos Uno - Haciendo historia 4.        Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Le Sacre du printemps (1964)5.        L' Orchestre de la Suisse romande/Ernest Ansermet - Le sacre du printemps (1957) *** 5/56.        L' orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet - The Fire Bird (Complete Ballet) (1958)7.        Igor Stravinsky - Ballets; Stage Works; Orchestral Works (L'Orchestre de la Suisse romande/Ernest Ansermet) (2001) *** 4.5/58.        Orchestre de la Suisse romande / Ernest Ansermet - Pulcinella Suite; Song of the Nightingale (1960) 9.        L' Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet - Petrouchka (1950) 10.        Igor Stravinsky - Apollo Musagettes / Renard (L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romand, Ernest Ansermet) (2002) 11.        Jonathan Bree - Sleepwalking (2018) 12.        Junior Wells - Coming at You (1968) 13.        L' orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet - Nutcracker Suites Nos. 1 and 2 (1959) 14.        Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me a Dime (1974) 15.        Magic Sam Blues Band - West Side Soul (1968) *** 4.5/5 16.        The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968) 17.        Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons (1969) *** 4.5/5  18.    Fred McDowell - My Home Is in the Delta (1964) 19.    Mississippi John Hurt - Last Sessions (1972) 20.    Mumford & Sons - Delta (2018) 21.    Blank Banshee - Blank Banshee 0 (2012) 22.    Champion Jack Dupree - Blues From the Gutter (1959) 23.    John Lee Hooker - That's My Story (1960) *** 4.5/5   24.    Various Artists - The Favourite (2019) 25.    ¿Téo? - ¿Téo? (2018) 26.    John Lee Hooker - Travelin' (1960) 27.    Johnny Shines - Too Wet to Plow (1975) *** 4.5/5    28.    Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1993) 29.    Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961) 30.    Snooky Pryor - Snooky (1987) 31.    Sonny Boy Williamson - His Best (1997) *** 4.5/5    32.    Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live (1979) *** 5/5     33.    Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (1978) *** 4.5/5      34.    Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il West (1968) 35.    Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta in America (1984)  *** 4.5/5     36.    Kronos Quartet / Pat Metheny - Different Trains; Electric Counterpoint (1989) *** 4.5/5       37.    Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959) 38.    Johnny Shines - Johnny Shines (1974) *** 4.5/5 39.    Colin Scot - Colin Scot (1971)   *** 4.5/5  40.    Black Dresses - Thank You (2019) 41.    Czarface & Ghostface Killah - Czarface Meets Ghostface (2019)42.    Vladimir Spivakov / Sergej Bezrodny / Dietmar Schwalke / Alexander Malter - Alina (1999) 43.    FLUX Quartet - Feldman Edition 6: String Quartet No. 2 (2002) 44.    Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim - Getz / Gilberto (1964)   *** 4.5/5   45.    Dietmar Wiesner / Markus Hinterhäuser / Robyn Schulkowsky - Crippled Symmetry (1994) 46.    Takács Quartet - The 6 String Quartets (1997) 47.    Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1960) 48.    Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Escalator Over the Hill (1971)   *** 4.5/5   49.    The Don Ellis Orchestra - Electric Bath (1967) 50.    Arditti String Quartet / Dawn Upshaw - Arnold Schoenberg 2: Streichquartette I-IV (1994) 51.    English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner - L'Orfeo (1987)  *** 5/5    52.    The Tale Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1-3 (1990)  *** 4.5/5   53.    Les Arts Florissants / William Christie / Guy de Mey / Guillemette Laurens / Agnès Mellon / Jean-François Gardeil / John Holloway - Atys (1987)54.    Roberto Loreggian - Fiori Musicali: 3 Organ Masses *** 4.5/5   55.    Federico Moreno Torroba - Monte Carmelo (Federico Moreno Torroba, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Calder��n, Madrid) (1999)  56.    The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock - Dido and Aeneas (1989) 57.    Al Ayre Español - Al Ayre Español Edition (2012)58.    Ana María Iriarte / Inés Rivadeneira / Selica Pérez Carpio / Manuel Ausensi / Miguel Ligero / Rafael López Somoza / Perecito - La Revoltosa (1962) 59.    Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken (2019) 60.    Yugen Blakrok - Anima Mysterium (2019) 61.    Sada Baby - Bartier Bounty (2019) 62.    Kill Bill & Rav - New Moon (2019) 63.    Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Suffer On (2019) 64.    Blockhead - Free Sweatpants (2019) 65.    Rival Sons - Feral Roots (2019) 66.    Various Artists - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture) (2018)67.     Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light (2019) *** 4.5/5   68.    Siena Root - Different Realities (2009) *** 4.5/5   69.    Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith (1997)  *** 4.5/5   70.    Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues (1980) 71.    Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954) 72.    Meek Mill - Championships (2018) 73.    James Booker - Junco Partner (1976) 74.    José Andrëa - Bienvenidos al medievo (2019) 75.    Alan Stivell - Renaissance de la harpe celtique (1971) 76.    Galandum Galundaina - Senhor Galandum (2009)77.    Alberta Hunter / Lucille Hegamin / Victoria Spivey - Songs We Taught Your Mother (1962) 78.    Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Clychau Dibon (2013) 79.    Planxty - Planxty (1973)

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////MARZO: 1. Planxty - Planxty (1973) 2. Tri Yann - Double Best of (2011) 3. Dick Gaughan - Handful of Earth (1981) 4. Soho Rezanejad - Six Archetypes (2018) 5. Mägo de Oz - Ira Dei (2019) 6. Saurom - La magia de la luna (2017) 7. Jake Bugg - Hearts That Strain (2017) 8. Little Simz - Grey Area (2019) *** 4.5/5 9. Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)10. Tase - Boomerang (2018)11. Nave Especial - Ruzzi12. Párpados- Ramona 13. Vendaval - Pehenche (2016) 4.5/5 14. Ida Cox with the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Blues for Rampart Street (1961) 15. John Lee Hooker - House of the Blues (1960) 4.5 16. Maria Beraldo - Cavala (2018) 17. Niña Dioz - Reyna (2018) 18. Perras on the Beach - Flow de Cuyo (2018) 19. Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977) 4.5 20. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982) 21. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood (1983) 4.522. Freddie King - Getting Ready... (1971) 23. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) 24. Armand Amar - Human (2015) 4.5 25. Julio Iglesias - Yo canto (1969) 26. Alec Benjamin - Narrated for You (2018) 27. Solange - When I Get Home (2019) 28. Maurice Louca - Elephantine (2019) 29. Motorpsycho - The Crucible (2019) 30. Julio Iglesias - Julio Iglesias (1970) 31. John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966) 4.5 32. Julio Iglesias - A flor de piel (1974) 33. Julio Iglesias - El amor (1975) 34. Julio Iglesias - Sono un pirata, sono un signore (1978) 35. Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet (2019) 36. The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 6 (2019) 37. Xiu Xiu - Girl With Basket of Fruit (2019) 38. Saba Alizadeh - Scattered Memories (2019) 4.5 39. Irfan - Seraphim (2007) 40. Scott Walker - Tilt (1995) 41. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (2019) 42. Behdad Moghaddasi - Persian Suite (2010)43.  

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Quelle Chris - Guns (2019)

Stoney Willis - Nu Stogie (2018)

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) *** 4.5/5

Nivhek - After Its Own Death / Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (2019)

Ini Kamoze - Ini Kamoze (1984)

Movimiento Original - Soldados del ghetto (2008)

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places (2019)

Devin Townsend - Empath (2019)

The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (2019)

Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond (2019)

La Dispute - Panorama (2019)

Matmos - Plastic Anniversary (2019)

Nuru Kane - Sigil (2006)

Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) *** 4.5/5

Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt (1969)

These New Puritans - Inside the Rose (2019)

American Football - American Football (2019)

Lucki - Freewave 3 (2019)

Fennesz - Agora (2019)

Durand Jones & The Indications - American Love Call (2019)

Joe La Reina - Esas nuevas modas (2017)

Nuvolascura - Nuvolascura (2019)

PUP - Morbid Stuff (2019)

Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis (2019)

Nils Frahm - Wintermusik (2009) ***  4.5/5

Nils Frahm - Felt (2011) ** 4.5/5

The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Dennis Russel Davies - Akhnaten (1987) ** 4.5/5

Nils Frahm - Encores 2 (2019)

Michael Nyman - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) ** 4.5/5

Pep Llopis - Poiemusia la nau dels argonautes (1987)

Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass - Passages (1990) 5/5

Groupe de Recherches Musicales de la RTF - Persepolis (1971)

Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba (1988)

Magnolia Electric Co. - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)

Tim Bowness - Flowers at the Scene (2019)

Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma - Rag Madhuvanti and Rag Misra Tilang (1987) *** 4.5/5

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Shahen-Shah (1989) ** 4.5/5

GAS - Pop (2000)

Various Artists - Symphonies of the Planets 1: NASA Voyager Recordings (1992)

Various Artists - Symphonies of the Planets 1-5: NASA Voyager Recordings (1992)

Anouar Brahem Trio - Astrakan café (2000)

Hamza El Din - Escalay: The Water Wheel (1971)

Anouar Brahem - Le pas du chat noir (2002) *** 4.5/5

Black to Comm - Seven Horses for Seven Kings (2019)

Opera Magna - Del amor y otros demonios (2019)

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)

Francisco López - Anima Ardens (2016)

Francisco López - Amarok (2010)

Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani - Mavra Froudia (2011)

Jana Winderen - Energy Field (2010)

Prague Chamber Orchestra - Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Czech Suite (2001)

Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)

Le Orme - Sulle ali di un sogno (2019)

Traveler - Traveler (2019)

Soen - Lotus (2019)

YG - Stay Dangerous (2018

Gesaffelstein - Hyperion (2019)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Jean-François Monnard / Maria Kliegel - Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Suite, Op. 16; Allegro appassionata; The Swan (1996) *** 4.5/5

Apparat - LP5 (2019)

Bandalos Chinos - BACH (2018)

Emmanuelle Bertrand / Pascal Amoyel - Suites pour violoncelle; Méditations hébraïques pour violoncelle et piano (2003) *** 4.5/5

Julio Iglesias - Un canto a Galicia (1972)

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)

Uboa - The Origin of My Depression (2019)

Anderson .Paak - Ventura (2019)

Sunn O))) - Life Metal (2019)

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Marea - El azogue (2019)

Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)

Various Artists - El camino de Leda (2019)

Juliana Hatfield - Weird (2019)

Aldous Harding - Designer (2019)

Beirut - Gallipoli (2019)

Boy Harsher - Careful (2019)

Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs (2019)

Hante. - Fierce (2019)

Lila Downs - Al chile (2019)

Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)

Bjørn Riis - A Storm Is Coming (2019)

Kelsey Lu - Blood (2019)

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel (2019)

Pile - Green and Gray (2019)

Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator) (2019)

Avalanch - El secreto (2019)

Tierra Santa - Quinto elemento (2017)

Monkey3 - Sphere (2019)

Maja S. K. Ratkje - Sult (2019)

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall (2019)

Critical Defiance - Misconception (2019)

Avantasia - Moonglow (2019)

Beast in Black - From Hell With Love (2019)

Inculter - Fatal Visions (2019)

King Crimson - Dinosaur (KC50 Vol. 17) (2019)

Smoulder - Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring (2019)

Tierra Whack - Whack World (2018)

Khruangbin - Con todo el mundo (2018)

Marcela Viejo - Pequeñas Profecías (2018)

Cala Vento - Balanceo (2019)

Iron Savior - Kill or Get Killed (2019)

MihTy - MIH-TY (2018)

Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (2019)

Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning (2019)

Altın Gün - Gece (2019)

Gathering of Kings - First Mission (2019)

Theon Cross - Fyah (2019)

Greg Foat - The Mage (2019)

Budos Band - V (2019)

Wand - Laughing Matter (2019)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana (2019)

Holly Herndon - PROTO (2019)

Alfa Mist - Structuralism (2019)

Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne - Sli'merre (2019)

Maluma - 11:11 (2019)

Farruko - Gangalee (2019)

Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Ifriqiyya Electrique - Laylet el Booree (2019)

Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series) (2019)

Sadness - I Want to Be There (2019)

LINGUA IGNOTA - All Bitches Die (2017)

Solid Space - Space Museum (1982)

Próchno - Próchno (2019)

The Residents - Commercial Album (1980)

Gabor Szabo - Dreams (1968) 4.5/5

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles ist gut (1981)

YG - 4Real 4Real (2019)

Daddy Yankee + Los de la Nazza - Imperio Nazza: King Daddy Edition (2013)

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YG - 4Real 4Real (2019)

Daddy Yankee + Los de la Nazza - Imperio Nazza: King Daddy Edition (2013)

Chester Watson - Time Moves Slower Here (2019)

Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2019)

Fire! Orchestra - Arrival (2019)

Cazzu - Error 93 (2019)

Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant (1992)

Slauson Malone - A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 (2019)

Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy! (2019)

Denzel Curry - ZUU (2019)

Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve (2019)

slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain (2019)

Lucy Rose - No Words Left (2019)

Aesop Rock - Skelethon (2012)

Amerigo Gazaway - A Christmas Album (2018)

Atlas Pain - Tales of a Pathfinder (2019)

Aya RL - Aya RL (1985)

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)

Black Alien - Abaixo de zero: Hello Hell (2019)

Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs (2019)

Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise to Power (2019)

Magma - K.A (2004)

Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (1973)

Somn - The All-Devouring (2019)

Riot City - Burn the Night (2019)

Flying Lotus - Flamagra (2019)

Dos Monos - Dos City (2019)

Wilma Vritra - Burd (2019)

Madonna - Madame X (2019)

Anouar Brahem - Conte de l'incroyable amour (1992) ***** 4.5/5

Crimeapple & DJ Skizz - Wet Dirt (2019)

Death Grips - NO LOVE DEEP WEB (2012)

DJ Muggs & Mach-Hommy - Tuez-les tous (2019)

El-P - Cancer 4 Cure (2012)

Danny Brown - XXX (2011)

The Divine Comedy - Office Politics (2019)

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)

Orville Peck - Pony (2019)

Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari (2019)

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012) **** 4.5/5

21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode (2016)

ScHoolboy Q - CrasH Talk (2019)

Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation (2012)

Kevin Abstract - Arizona Baby (2019)

Paul Bley - Open, to Love (1973)

Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story (2018)

David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith - Sun of Goldfinger (2019)

Bertrand Belin - Persona (2019)

Cheeto's Magazine - Amazingous (2019)

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana (2019)

Thom Yorke - ANIMA (2019)

Hildur Guðnadóttir - Chernobyl (2019)

black midi - Schlagenheim (2019)

Saweetie - ICY (2019)

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (2011)

Ghostemane - Oogabooga (2015)

Ghostemane - For the Aspiring Occultist (2015)

A$AP Mob - Hella Hoes (2014)

Magma - Köhntarkösz (1974) **** 4.5/5

Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (2009)

Ghostemane - Rituals (2016)

Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project (2019)

Niño de Elche - Colombiana (2019)

The Roots - undun (2011)

Sonnymoon - Golden Age (2009)

Andrés Suárez - Cuando vuelva la marea (2011)

Siekiera - Nowa Aleksandria (1986)

Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War (2000)

Burzum - Filosofem (1996)

Ved Buens Ende..... - Written in Waters (1995)

Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák (1984)*** 4.5/5

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia di un minuto (1972)

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un amico (1972)*** 4.5/5

King Crimson - Lizard (1970) *** 5/5

Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)

Suicide - Suicide (1977) *** 4.5/5

Yann Tiersen - All (2019)

Terje Rypdal - Odyssey (1975) ***5/5

Tomasz Stanko Septet - Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda (1997)

Camel - Mirage (1974)

Camel - The Snow Goose (1975) *** 4.5/5

Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il tempo della gioia (1974) /*** 5/5

DJ Armok / DJ Bishop / Pillbox - Dungeon Rap: The Introduction (2019)

ZelooperZ - Dyn​-​o​-​mite (2019)

PoiL - Sus (2019)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io sono nato libero (1973) *** 4.5/5

Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (1974)*** 4.5/5

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Earl Sweatshirt & Apollo Brown - Some Brown Songs (2019)

Earl Sweatshirt - Wicked (2019)

Stoney Willis & Earl Sweatshirt - Farm (2019)

Blood Orange - Angel's Pulse (2019)

Mach-Hommy - Wap Konn Jòj! (2019)

Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloë (1974)

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) ***** 5/5

Sam Rivers - Crystals (1974)

Bob Dylan - The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (2019)

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002)

Bob Dylan - Hard Rain (1976)

Black Dresses - Love and Affection for Stupid Little Bitches (2019)

State Faults - Clairvoyant (2019)

Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis (1969)

Mabe Fratti - Pies sobre la tierra (2019) ***** 4.5/5

Eartheater - IRISIRI (2018)

Moral - And Life Is (1984)

Keith Jarrett - The Survivors' Suite (1977)**** 4.5/5

Benjamin Hudson / Sebastian Klinger / Jürgen Kruse - Spiegel im Spiegel (2006)

the Mountain Goats - In League With Dragons (2019)

Big Big Train - Grand Tour (2019)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)

Bill Orcutt - Bill Orcutt (2017)

LINGUA IGNOTA - Caligula (2019)

Eberhard Weber Colours - Silent Feet (1978)

Bill Orcutt & Jacob Felix Heule - Colonial Donuts (2015)

Zaz - Effet miroir (2018)

Wintersleep - In the Land Of (2019)

Trending Tropics - Trending Tropics (2018)

Ghostemane - N / O / I / S / E (2018)

CunninLynguists - Oneirology (2011)

Kno - Death Is Silent (2010)

El Cuarteto de Nos - Jueves (2019)

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Viaticum (2005)

Meitei - Komachi (2019)

Brockhampton - Ginger (2019)

Little Brother - May the Lord Watch (2019)

Various Artists - Blues Hollerin' Boogie: Great Voices of the Blues (1994)

Bon Iver - i,i (2019)

Quasimoto - The Unseen (2000)

Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001) ***** 4.5/5

Edan - Beauty and the Beat (2005)

Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagon (1996)

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)

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Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019) Ralph Towner - Solstice (1975) Lana del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!                                        

[erikdorset]

The son of an electron crystallographer and a mathematician, the Leipzig-based writer, translator, and violinist Erik Dorset was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in a household where art, science, music, and literature played a significant role. After receiving his degree in violin performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1990, he moved to Basel to continue his musical training on the baroque violin with Jaap Schröder and Thomas Hengelbrock at the Schola Cantorum Basliensis. 

While in Basel, he served as concertmaster of the Swiss baroque orchestra Ad Fontes, performed as a soloist and chamber musician at early music festivals in Moscow, Lanciano and Bruges, worked together with the Russian-Canadian fortepianist Viviana Sofronitzsky, and played as a guest with ensembles such as the Freiburger Barockorchester, Le Concert des Nations, and Anima Eterna.

In 1995, he was invited to perform together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin as a regular guest and became a permanent member of the ensemble after moving to the German capital in 2000. In 2004 and 2008, in preparation for the Akademie’s American debut and subsequent tours to the United States, he worked together with the team at Uhde & Harckensee MusikManagement to conceive PR material for the orchestra. This served as the catalyst for him to pursue a master’s degree in copywriting and journalism at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

After receiving his degree in 2010, Erik quickly established himself in the German arts and music scene as a translator, copywriter and editor. His clients include the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Dresden State Arts Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Accentus Music, the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, Radialsystem V in Berlin, and the Arts Management Network in Weimar. 

In 2017, he was approached by Professor Dr. Martin Tröndle, WÜRTH Chair of Cultural Production at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, to translate Das Konzert  and Das Konzert II into English. The two volumes, both of which focus on the history, current situation, and future of the classical music concert, offer insights and ideas about the subject from leading professors, dramaturges, and experts associated with the field. The upcoming book, Concert Studies, will be published by Routledge in the near future.

Erik is currently editing and completing a manuscript to The Thistle, The Hawthorn and The Rose, a book that his late father wrote about private presses and fine printing in the Netherlands at the turn of the 20th century.

Feel free to discover more of my writing at my blog Café Zimmermann.

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iVisit.... Sound Unbound: The Barbican Classical Weekender

Full line-up announced for Sound Unbound: The Barbican Classical Weekender, 29-30 April 2017

The full-line up has just been announced for Sound Unbound, the Barbican Classical Weekender, which returns on 29-30 April 2017, following a hugely successful first outing in 2015. The festival gives audiences the chance to explore new sounds and rediscover familiar ones, from medieval to modern, in a relaxed festival environment, performed by artists for whom the boundaries between classical music and contemporary, experimental and pop music have been blurred – or simply don’t exist.

Weekend highlights: 

   ·         Pianist, producer and composer Chilly Gonzales presents his specially-commissioned ‘Young-ish Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’ with Britten Sinfonia

·         Classical meets jazz when celebrated British trumpet player Alison Balsom performs the Gil Evans/Miles Davis reimagining of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez from Sketches of Spain, in a concert with American pianist Timo Andres playing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

·         Hum: a new commission from genre-defying British composer, producer and performer Anna Meredith will be presented in the Curve

·         German composer and producer Sven Helbig presents the UK premiere of his new work for choir, visuals and live electronics I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain

·         London-based composer, producer, and founder of the NONCLASSICAL record label Gabriel Prokofiev will host his legendary club nights on both evenings

·         The Barbican Conservatory will be the location for Silent Opera’s Carmen: Remastered, and Michael Gordon’s minimalist masterpiece Timber

·         Renowned Dutch film director Lucas van Woerkum’s stunning film created for Stravinsky’s Firebird will be screened for the first time in the UK alongside a performance of the score by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

·         The London Symphony Orchestra will perform film music by John Williams with pre-recorded introductions from the composer himself between each piece

·         Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen will perform material from her forthcoming album Nordic Noir, with new works from the composers of soundtracks for The Bridge and The Killing

·         Throughout the Barbican’s spaces there will be intimate recitals from some of today’s best-loved classical performers, including American soprano Angel Blue, renowned British countertenor Iestyn Davies, Venezuelan virtuoso pianist Gabriela Montero, and the Kanneh-Mason Trio, led by BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku Kanneh-Mason     

The Barbican joins forces with its family of orchestras in this ambitious weekend-long project with over 60 short concerts, encompassing nearly 1000 years of music. Alongside new commissions, visitors can also hear some well-known classics, get close to some of the most popular artists of our time and experience a myriad of different musical styles across the ages.

Bringing classical music out of the concert hall

During the weekend, the Barbican opens up its many venues, allowing this unparalleled variety of music and artists to be heard in an unusual range of spaces, and providing the opportunity for informal and close-up musical interactions. The intimate environs of the Pit (the Barbican’s studio theatre) will be home to a number of recitals from soloists and ensembles programmed in association with Boiler Room, including French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau and Sound Unbound favourite, the Calder Quartet. The Barbican Conservatory opens its doors to host Silent Opera’s Carmen: Remastered, allowing the ‘audience’ to wander through one of London’s lushest indoor spaces, immersing themselves, with the help of a pair of headphones, in the passionate love story of Bizet’s most famous opera. Wind-up gramophones will be stationed on the Barbican’s Lakeside Terrace, filling the air with a sound-collage of classical music through the ages, in Revolution 360 – an installation devised by musicians and staff of the Guildhall School's Electronic Music Department. The huge, resonant space of the Curve gallery will be utilized to great effect in Tuning Up, a sound installation for forty helium balloons with harmonicas, devised by Stephen Cornford and Bill Leslie. The BBC Singers will present Choral in the Curve, a short concert of music from the Renaissance to the modern day. Pop-up performances will take place throughout the Barbican’s foyer spaces, with mini-concerts from London’s first pop-up orchestra the Street Orchestra of London, the Academy of Ancient Music’s Wandering Minstrels and even a ‘horn flashmob’, led by Sarah Willis, horn player with the Berlin Philharmonic. In the Fountain Room professional puppeteers the Armchair Puppets will respond to a performance of Britten’s Cello Suites by cellist Anaïs Laugénie, after which the audience will be invited to create their own shadow puppetry, enacting the shapes and thoughts that come to mind while listening to the Suites.

Classical music and film

In 2017, the Barbican celebrates the medium of film with a “Film in Focus” series across the various artforms. As part of this, Sound Unbound presents the London Symphony Orchestra performing film music by John Williams; pre-recorded introductions from the composer himself will be played between each piece. The LSO has a long history of playing film music and famously recorded Williams’ scores for Star Wars and its sequels, as well as Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and several Harry Potter films. In two Symphonic Cinema sessions, the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s ballet score Firebird alongside a stunning film which director Lucas van Woerkum has created specifically to the music and story, and which he will synchronise in live-time to the orchestra’s performance (UK premiere). His novel approach has been described as treating “film as an extra voice in the orchestra” (NRC Handelsblad). Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, who has made a name for herself with her mesmerizingly complex improvisations, will improvise the soundtrack to a silent film, while in The Pit the Calder Quartet will perform Bernard Hermann’s suite from Hitchcock’s Psycho, among classic works for string quartet.  Meanwhile, the Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen will perform material from her forthcoming album Nordic Noir (Decca Records) with the 12 Ensemble, including new works from the composers of soundtracks for The Bridge and The Killing alongside music by Arvo Pärt.

Reimagining the past

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, a work that shocked and changed the musical world for ever, can be heard in an arrangement for two pianos, performed by two of the most exciting and innovative young American pianists, Timo Andres and David Kaplan. Bach’s iconic Goldberg Variations appears in an intimate reinvention for string trio, to be performed by players from the Scottish Ensemble. Musicians from the Guildhall School’s Electronic Department will remix Haydn’s Toy Symphony, together with other well-known classical repertoire, in a specially commissioned arrangement for sound-producing electronic toys and devices. In addition, electronic musician Tasos Stamou, who builds his own instruments by ‘hacking’ into second hand toys, old circuit boards and other flea market objects, will demonstrate the new sounds of his ‘instruments’ and lead the audience through an object hacking, allowing them to ‘play’ the objects in the process.  As well as presenting iconic classical works in unusual versions, Sound Unbound has invited young musicians renowned for their contemporary treatment of classical instruments. Versatile viol player and professor of viola da gamba at the Guildhall School Liam Byrne is equally at home performing with the Academy of Ancient Music and with Damon Albarn. French harpsichord prodigy Jean Rondeau will be joined by his flamboyant quartet Ensemble Nevermind in imaginative interpretations of Baroque favourites, while sought-after harpist Remy van Kesteren presents an adventurous programme of harp music intended to banish any preconceptions of the instrument.

Classical music without boundaries

The musicians performing at Sound Unbound, be they established artists or rising stars, are all recognized for their commitment to the continuing renewal of the classical genre. One of the finest examples of this broad musicianship is Canadian pianist and composer Chilly Gonzales, who will present the premiere of his guide to the orchestra in a specially commissioned work with Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Jules Buckley, on the Saturday evening. On Sunday evening Alison Balsom will demonstrate the affinity between classical and jazz styles, alongside American pianist Timo Andres and Britten Sinfonia, in performances of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and excerpts from Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain. Throughout the weekend the Academy of Ancient Music will prove that old music can sound as fresh as the day it was written, performing a series of concerts featuring famous works including Handel’s Water Music and Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. The weekend also features American soprano Angel Blue, who has performed in the English National Opera’s La Bohème as well as alongside Donna Summer and Chaka Khan, acclaimed British countertenor Iestyn Davies in an intimate concert with lute player Thomas Dunford, and the Kanneh-Mason Trio, led by BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

Contemporary classical music

The weekend will champion some of today’s finest composers, demonstrating classical music’s evolving dialogue with contemporary styles and with current issues. At LSO St Luke’s, innovative percussionist Joby Burgess performs a session of music by composers including Tansy Davies, Rebecca Dale and Linda Buckley, and Nicole Lizée’s The Filthy Fifteen, a confrontational take on censorship in Reagan’s America. Milton Court will host the BBC Singers performing the UK premiere of German composer and producer Sven Helbig’s I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain, a new work for choir, visuals and live electronics which explores searching questions about the role of nature and human relationships in a world of artificial intelligence and digital alienation. Experimental British composer Anna Meredith, who moves comfortably between the different worlds of contemporary classical and experimental rock, will present a site-specific commission for the Curve. She will be working with young performers from the Junior Guildhall to create a walk-though installation which weaves the audience through an evolving sound world in the darkened contours of the gallery. Michael Gordon’s minimalist cult classic Timber, a meditation on timbre and rhythm for planks of wood, will be performed in the Conservatory, bringing the physicality, endurance and technique of percussion performance to a new level. On both evenings the Barbican’s Clubstage will be taken over by renowned DJ and composer Gabriel Prokofiev and his celebrated Nonclassical club nights, which showcase the best in contemporary classical, experimental and electronic music.

WHEN

29-30 April 2017

Day passes £25 / Weekend passes £40 plus booking fee*

Early bird day and weekend passes £20/£35 plus booking fee*, limited availability

Young Barbican (14-25) Day passes £10 no booking fee

WHERE

Barbican Centre (Hall, The Pit, Conservatory, The Curve), Milton Court Concert Hall, LSO St Luke’s, St Giles Cripplegate,

London

WHO

The Barbican Classical Weekender is a joint project between the Barbican, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, the Academy of Ancient Music and Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

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Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner Celebrates Beethoven at Carnegie Hall

Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner Celebrates Beethoven at Carnegie Hall

Sir John Eliot Gardiner Curates Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series Featuring His Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Performing A Complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle on Period Instruments in Five Concerts, February 19-24 Winter Concerts Are Part of Carnegie Hall’s Beethoven Celebration in Honor of the 250th Anniversary of the Composer’s Birth

This February, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artisti…

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Mostly Mezzo Mondays: Berlioz with Coote and Cargill (separately)

Mostly Mezzo Mondays: a recurring (though not weekly) feature where, on Monday nights, I blog a list of the upcoming broadcasts that have caught my eye on World Concert Hall. My interests: baroque vocal music, art song recitals, and a list of favorite singers.

Alice Coote, Nicholas Phan, and Nicolas Courjal were the vocal soloists in a performance of Berlioz’s Romeo et Juliette earlier this month with the London Symphony Orchestra. Deferred broadcast Tuesday, November 19 on BBC Radio 3. (Should be available on demand for a month following broadcast.)

Karen Cargill is scheduled to sing the role of Marguerite in a performance of Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and a trio of choirs; her co-stars are Allan Clayton (Faust), Alexander Vinogradov (Méphistophélès), and Goran Juric (Brander). Live broadcast Saturday, November 23 on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

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Carnegie Hall’s New Season: Here’s What We Want to Hear

The classical music world has been changing, and some of those shifts will be felt at Carnegie Hall.

Carnegie announced Tuesday that next season would feature the Berlin Philharmonic’s first concerts at the hall under its new chief conductor, Kirill Petrenko; the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s first with its music director, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla; and the Carnegie debut of Teodor Currentzis and the orchestra he founded, MusicAeterna.

“With the orchestras, there are a huge number of firsts,” Clive Gillinson, the hall’s executive and artistic director, said in an interview.

Rhiannon Giddens, the singer, songwriter, banjo player and musical polymath, will be featured in a Perspectives series in which she will trace the connections between popular and classical songs, team up with other banjo players to explore the experience of African-American women and delve into the complicated history of minstrelsy.

Jordi Savall, the early-music specialist and viola da gamba virtuoso, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera, will also be featured in series. A festival called “Voices of Hope: Artists in Times of Oppression” will explore musical responses to injustice, and Andrew Norman will hold the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair.

Among dozens of offerings, what to hear? This is the best of the best: the performances we at The New York Times are most looking forward to.

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Oct. 7-9

There are three opportunities to hear Gustavo Dudamel conduct the West Coast’s leading ensemble at Carnegie this fall, in the orchestra’s first hall appearance in 30 years. The season-opening gala on Oct. 7 features a brief John Adams fanfare, Grieg (Lang Lang playing the Piano Concerto) and more Grieg (selections from “Peer Gynt”); Oct. 9 brings Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. But in between is the most promising program, with two New York premieres: a curtain-raiser by the young composer Gabriella Smith and Andrew Norman’s Violin Concerto (with the always-fascinating Leila Josefowicz), with the gentle chaser of Ginastera’s “Estancia.” JOSHUA BARONE

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Oct. 23-24

Conducting sensation Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla and her orchestra, which is celebrating its centenary this year, give two concerts that perfectly showcase their tastes and flair for programming. One adeptly balances the familiar with the new and unusual, with Ravel’s “La Valse” and Debussy’s “La Mer” framing Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Violin Concerto and Thomas Adès’s “Angel Symphony,” which they will premiere this spring. The other focuses on British music, with Tippett’s oratorio “A Child of Our Time” following Sheku Kanneh-Mason as the soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. DAVID ALLEN

MusicAeterna, Nov. 4

One of the great stories in classical music over the past decade has been how the Greek-born, Russian-trained conductor Teodor Currentzis formed his own idiosyncratic orchestra in Siberia, garnering a Sony recording contract and triumphing around the world. Their American debut last year at the Shed was one of the major events of the cultural year, and now Currentzis and the orchestra will bring their blistering intensity to Carnegie, with Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony and the Adagio from Mahler’s Symphony No. 10. MICHAEL COOPER

American Composers Orchestra, Nov. 5

As part of Andrew Norman’s composing residency, this ensemble presents the New York premiere of “Begin,” a chamber-orchestra piece first heard in Los Angeles last year. The rest of the program is just as tantalizing, with world premieres by Ellen Reid, Jane Meenaghan and George Lewis. SETH COLTER WALLS

Jordi Savall, Nov. 5 and 9

Four days after Mr. Savall leads his period-instrument orchestra Le Concert des Nations and vocal ensemble La Capella Reial de Catalunya in Monteverdi’s glorious Vespers in Carnegie’s main auditorium, he’ll bring those groups downstairs, to the more intimate Zankel Hall, for Monteverdi’s complete “Madrigals of War and Love,” a rare chance to hear a collection of genre-blurring pieces that altered music history. ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Lise Davidsen, Nov. 12

In the wake of feverish hype in the opera world, the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen made her Metropolitan Opera debut this fall in Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” and, if anything, surpassed the high expectations. Her silvery voice had both thrilling power and nuanced expressivity. It will be fascinating to hear her in a recital setting; with the pianist James Baillieu, she sings works by Grieg, Mahler, Berg (“Seven Early Songs”) and Wagner (“Wesendonck Lieder”). ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Berlin Philharmonic, Nov. 18-20

When I went to Berlin last year for Kirill Petrenko’s debut concerts as the Philharmonic’s chief conductor, I was struck by the excitement he generated among its players. Now New Yorkers will be able to judge for themselves. This program, featuring the great dramatic soprano Nina Stemme singing Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene from Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung,” gives him a chance to show off his operatic chops, which he honed during a memorable run at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. (In a rarity for Carnegie, this program is played twice, on Nov. 18 and 20; on the 19th, the Philharmonic performs Webern, Mendelssohn and Brahms.) MICHAEL COOPER

Ksenija Sidorova, Feb. 3

The Carnegie lineup is full of superb voices, violinists, pianists — the meat and potatoes of classical music. So less conventional instruments pop out, like the accordion played by this Latvian virtuoso. “Revelatory,” according to my colleague James R. Oestreich, Ms. Sidorova will perform arrangements of Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky alongside works tailor-made for accordion by Sofia Gubaidulina, Alfred Schnittke and others. ZACHARY WOOLFE

Louisville Orchestra, Feb. 20

Go ahead and call the Louisville Orchestra a “regional” (as opposed to “major”) ensemble. That’s a meaningless distinction for the many people excited by the adventurous programs the dynamic young conductor Teddy Abrams and his excellent players have been giving. For example, the concert they will present at Carnegie will offer Andrew Norman’s “Sacred Geometry,” Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” (with dancers from Louisville Ballet) and Jim James’s song cycle “The Order of Life,” performed with its composer, a Louisville native and the leader of the rock band My Morning Jacket. ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Boston Symphony Orchestra, April 14

For all my worries about the direction that the Boston Symphony has taken under its music director, Andris Nelsons, there have been two pluses during his tenure so far: his Shostakovich survey (steadily being released on record to considerable acclaim) and his opera. A Shostakovich opera, then, ought to come off well, especially this composer’s best, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” The soprano Kristine Opolais is scheduled as Katerina, with Brandon Jovanovich as Sergey. DAVID ALLEN

Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida, April 16

The tenor Mark Padmore once told me he was reminded of all the words for “rehearsal” when working with the pianist Mitsuko Uchida: “In French, ‘répétition,’ which speaks for itself; in German, ‘probe’ — proving or trying. In English, it has nothing to do with hearing. Its etymology is to till the earth in preparation for seed. Working with Mitsuko, all three of those things, those attitudes to rehearsing, are absolutely present.” Now imagine how they’ll sound in “Dichterliebe” and other Schumann works. JOSHUA BARONE

Alexandre Tharaud, April 18

This is, as always, a good season for piano recitals at Carnegie, with Vikingur Olafsson, Daniil Trifonov, Igor Levit and Jean-Yves Thibaudet all making solo appearances worthy of anticipation. But Mr. Tharaud’s program is particularly intriguing. It bridges the gap between the French Baroque — Couperin, Rameau and the more obscure composers Jean-Henri d’Anglebert and Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer — and the French early 20th century, with works by Ravel and Reynaldo Hahn that will benefit from this artist’s sensual grace. ZACHARY WOOLFE

Met Orchestra, June 10

It’s been many years since the great mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier last sang at Carnegie, which makes her return with this superb ensemble — freed from its Lincoln Center pit after the opera season ends — a true event. Wagner’s lush “Wesendonck Lieder” is on the agenda, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, who fills out the evening leading Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony. ZACHARY WOOLFE

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LIVE STREAM: Beethoven with Barenboim and Berliner Philharmoniker

Daniel Barenboim joins the Berliner Philharmoniker for three performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, led by chief conductor Kirill Petrenko. We are immensely happy about our continuous collaboration with Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall which enables us to invite our members to the live streaming of the January 11 performance in Berliner Philharmonie.

A long-time and renowned interpreter of Beethoven’s works, Barenboim performs as the soloist for this dark and dramatic concerto which marks the start of the Beethoven 250 year 2020. The program also includes Josef Suk’s expressive symphony “Asrael”.

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LIVESTREAM: Saturday 11 January, 19.00 (UTC/GMT)

Program: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 Daniel Barenboim piano

Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, op. 27 “Asrael”

In his Third Piano Concerto, Beethoven knew how to triumphally stage the pianist (himself, that is). After 111 orchestral bars, the piano begins with what could be called an imperious demonstration of power, as the soloist spans the whole keyboard in three run-ups, then practically gouges the main theme into the keys, forte and unisono: a show of manual strength with piled-up octaves, followed at once, admittedly, by an introspective piano reflection. The playful dialogue of Baroque concertizing is transformed here into existential seriousness: a matter of self-assertion and of unyielding subjectivity. Kirill Petrenko programmed this third Beethoven concerto with Daniel Barenboim as the soloist. His playing is characterised by a profound understanding of the score, a concentrated kind of music making that always remains open for the orchestra’s developments.

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RINALDO | Georg Friedrich Händel | Lautten Compagney Berlin: Eugenio Monti Colla | ARTHAUS MUSIK from Arthaus Musik GmbH on Vimeo.

Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel Directed by: Eugenio Monti Colla Soloists: Antonio Giovannini Gesche Geier Friederike Schöder Florian Götz Yosemeh Adjei Owen Willetts Cornelius Uhle Participant: Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli Orchestra/Chorus/Bellet: Lautten Compagney Berlin

Early music and an old craft – the charm of the stage and marionettes are unified in a spectacular performance of Handel’s magic opera „Rinaldo“ by the Lautten Compagney, conducted by baroque specialist Wolfgang Katschner, and the puppet theatre Carlo Colla e Figli. Sung by a first-class cast, this beautiful production is an exciting and memorable experience for the audience. The puppet theatre Carlo Colla e Figli is one of the best known companies in the world, performing for more than 200 years. Today the plays of the company are popular all over the world by an audience of adults and young people, on the occasion of the most important national and international events. The Lautten Compagney is one of the most renowned and creative baroque instrument ensembles in Germany. With their infectious joy in performing and their innovative concepts, these ‘early musicians’ effortlessly translate the musical language of the Baroque to the present. “One should have seen how virtuoso ‘Carlo Colla e Figli” from Milan transform the gestures and stage tricks of this magic opera into the miniature form ... Splendidly sung.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

SPECIAL FEATURE: - Making of “Rinaldo”. Including interviews with Wolfgang Katschner and Pierro Corbella as well as back stage footage. - The complete audio recording of “Rinaldo” on 2 CDs.

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