What on earth does the Frenchman Debussy have to do with Asian music? It sure effected his music and once … Continue reading
Author: arbiterrecords
Stinky proclaims himself Chopin’s heir!
One of the wondrous mythical beings in childhood was the infrequently appearing Stinky of vintage Abbott & Costello films. In … Continue reading
Scratching beneath surfaces
From the first sounds, this pianist’s playing proved irresistible. As a low bass note materializes you are no longer in … Continue reading
Tidbits from Hardboiled Old New York
Knowing Teresa Sterne during her last years was an astonishing experience. Her actions as the head of Nonesuch Records created their … Continue reading
Awakening a defunct conductor: Oskar Fried (part 1)
Cross paths with some sounds and you might risk being abducted. How did it come about and just who’s the … Continue reading
Confusion untangled by Affinity
part two Before planning to meet Rezzori, I contacted Beatrice Muzi, an artist living in Le Marche whom I had … Continue reading
Confusion untangled by Affinity
part one: While apprenticing to a diminutive giant of piano rebuilding in the early 1980s, my master ordered me to … Continue reading
Sonic departure terminals into time and space.
The first church I willingly entered had a faded clash between Byzantine and Baroque as its orange and ochre facade … Continue reading
János Sebestyén: A Musical Silk Route in Budapest
A name often appeared on exotic harpsichord recordings. This vivid spirit somehow unscrambled works sounding vague in the hands of … Continue reading
Poetry despite myself
Can’t stand it! Not only the self-indulgent verbal masturbations by mounting speech to an alleged higher meaning, but having to stomach it … Continue reading