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Deceptive Cadence
1:35 pm
Fri July 13, 2012

Around The Classical Internet: July 13, 2012

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Conductor Kent Tritle in Times Square. (And that's WNYC's John Schaefer in the Saratoga T-shirt.)
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas
  • So we did this thing in Times Square, and some people have seen the video.
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The Record
1:32 pm
Fri July 13, 2012

You Can't Always Get What You Want: On Music And Expectation

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The singer and songwriter Frank Ocean, whose first full-length studio album, Channel Orange, was released on iTunes this week.
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The Dirty Projectors, whose album Swing Lo Magellan was released on Tuesday.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:31 pm

Birthdays come but once a year, but for music lovers, what I like to call "that birthday feeling" is a semi-regular thing. I'm talking about the rush, tinged by anxiety, greeting the first download click on an album you've been longing to hear for months. It's a complicated wash of emotions, boosted by conflicting hopes and assumptions. You're about to get exactly what you've wanted; but what if it's not exactly what you want? And boy, that bike Mom promised to buy had better be cherry red.

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Piano Jazz
1:06 pm
Fri July 13, 2012

Dave Samuels On Piano Jazz

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Dave Samuels.
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For Dave Samuels, the love of his first two instruments — the drums and then the piano — naturally led him to the vibraphone. Samuels' gift for evocative melody and his rhythmic versatility make him one of the leading mallet players of his generation, empowering him to swing from the classic-cool sounds of Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan to the contemporary rhythms of The Yellowjackets, Spyro Gyra and his Caribbean Jazz Project.

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Music Reviews
12:15 pm
Fri July 13, 2012

Tanglewood Celebrates 75th With Free Web Stream

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The scene at Tanglewood.
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Originally published on Sun July 15, 2012 9:53 am

On July 20, 1958, at Tanglewood — the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra — pianist Leon Fleisher played an electrifying Brahms First Piano Concerto with the orchestra under its former music director, Pierre Monteux. This remarkable teaming has not been heard since then.

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Alt.Latino
11:40 am
Fri July 13, 2012

L.A. Soul, Chilean Hip-Hop, Colombian Cumbia And More

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We start off this week's show with Miguel's "Party Life."
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Estrella Hood from World Hood.
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Originally published on Mon July 16, 2012 2:46 pm

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