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Classical Listening - Two Decades of Reviews from The American Record Guide (Hardcover)
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Classical Listening - Two Decades of Reviews from The American Record Guide (Hardcover)
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The classical record business gained a new lease on life in the
1980s when period instrument performances of baroque and classical
music began to assume a place on the stage. This return to the past
found its complement in the musical ascension of the American
minimalists, in particular the music of Steve Reich, Philip Glass,
and John Adams, and smaller specialty labels that focused on
experimental composers like John Cage. During this period of
change-of classical music's transition of looking both forward and
back-Rob Haskins served as a reviewer for The American Record
Guide, tracing these evolutions while also attending to works
emerging from within the mainstream of classical music performance
and composition. Classical Listening: Two Decades of Reviews of
Reviews from The American Record Guide collects the several hundred
reviews produced since Rob Haskins's start in the mid-1990s. A
performer and musicologist, Haskins writes delightful, cogent
reviews that unapologetically reflect his personal experience,
musical interests, and professional background, emphasizing the
value of subjectivity in music criticism. Witty, provocative, and
eloquent, Haskins's book reads like a diary of personal experience
even as it addresses important topics as diverse as historical
performance practice and the aesthetics of contemporary music. It
is also a perfect guide to buying or listening for the classical
music devotee seeking an informed opinion on the breadth of
remarkable recordings available. Record collectors, students and
scholars of early and contemporary music, and performers,
professionals, and general music lovers will find this collection
an invaluable resource as they trace the reception of recordings in
the last twenty years of classical music performance.
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