Listen: Life with Classical Music- September/October Issue Highlights
The September/October issue of Listen: Life with Classical Music features conductor Michael Tilson Thomas on the cover, celebrates the 80th birthday of American composer George Crumb, and includes interviews with musicians Leif Ove Andsnes, Joshua Bell, Angèle Dubeau, and José Serebrier. The magazine travels to Norway to report on an unusual collaboration at the Risor Chamber Music Festival, Chicago to spotlight the city’s eclectic music scene, and Toronto to cover a recording session of 17th-century music with the Canadian Brass. These are just some of the subjects in the fall issue of the new bimonthly print magazine published and distributed by the online classical music retailer ArkivMusic, The Source for Classical Music™. Issue contents and subscription information are available at www.listenmusicmag.com <http://www.listenmusicmag.com> .
September/October 2009 contents of Listen magazine:
Cover story:
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas talks about Mahler, Stravinsky and the future of contemporary music – in real space and cyberspace
Features:
At a chamber music festival in the fishing village of Risor, Norway, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and South African visual artist Robin Rhode mix music and art in a new take on Pictures at an Exhibition
City spotlight: The Chicago Sound. Poet Carl Sandburg called Chicago “Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,” but it’s also a great place for classical music aficionados
Radio Days looks at the changing landscape of classical radio
Music & Life:
Violinist Joshua Bell looks to a Belgian composer for inspiration
Maestro José Serebrier rediscovers the music of Alexander Glazunov
Gluck’s Don Juan makes the transition from the Baroque to the Classical
Discovery:
Composer: American master George Crumb turns 80
In the Studio: Canadian Brass records 17th-century Italian masterworks in Toronto
Crossing Borders: Classical violinist Angèle Dubeau plays Philip Glass at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Recommended:
A dozen new classical CDs
Monteverdi’s Poppea on DVD
Loudspeakers from Wilson Audio
Remembering:
Singer and icon Marian Anderson, a true contralto
Listen’s cover price is $4.95. A special 50% discounted subscription rate is available now for six issues at $14.85.
For information on subscribing to or advertising in Listen: Life with Classical Music, visit www.listenmusicmag.com <http://www.listenmusicmag.com> . For editorial inquiries, contact editor-in-chief Ben Finane: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> .
About Listen’s publisher:ArkivMusic – The Source for Classical Music™ (http://www.arkivmusic.com <http://www.arkivmusic.com/%22%20%5Co%20%22http://www.arkivmusic.com/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank> ) is an online retailer of classical music focused on offering a vast selection of classical titles through an intuitive interface and a decentralized distribution platform. Since opening its online store in February 2002, ArkivMusic has built the largest selection of classical music recordings in the U.S., with access to more than 90,000 titles from more than 1,500 labels shipped from 20 distribution centers. Formats include CD, DVD, SACD, DVD Audio, Blu-ray discs and MP3 downloads (320 Kbps). In keeping with its mission of preservation, promotion, and efficient distribution of classical music, ArkivMusic’s innovative production-on-demand ArkivCD program <http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/AlbumGroup?album_group=8> allows consumers to find and purchase out-of-print recordings alongside the in-print catalog.
ArkivMusic is a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
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