A manuscript for a previously unknown composition by Mozart was discovered in a French library.
The tune is intact, but the instrumentation and harmonies are incomplete. This may have been a simple little diddy that he tossed off one night and[more...]

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We all have stories to tell about the effects of this weekend’s devastating winds.  In times like these, I’m always heartened by the best in people that comes out.  The friends and neighbors who help each other out with the[more...]

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The effects of Hurricane Ike have been felt throughout our community, and have impacted operations here at Classical 88.1.  An electrical surge on Sunday knocked out our main computer server, affecting the wesbite and outside communication.  While we managed to restore[more...]

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I just read this review of a new opera by film composer Howard Shore, the man who created the magnificent score to the Lord of the Rings trilogy:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/09/opera.fly.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

That’s right, the 1950’s and 1980’s sci-fi horror films The Fly has been turned into[more...]

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You’re stuck on a desert island. You have a choice of a few indispensible recordings. What are you going to have?

As for me, in no particular order…
Respighi: Church Windows, Roman Festivals/Cincinnati Symphony-Cobos
Respighi: Belkis The Queen of Sheba/Philharmonia-Simon
Schmidt: Symphony No.2/Jarvi-Chicago Symphony
Rott:[more...]

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