MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Contemporary classical album reviews with Simon Duff: September 30, 2024
New releases from The The, Memo Comma and Anna Gourari/Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
The The
Ensoulment
(Cineola/ear MUSIC)
★★★★★
THE first album in a quarter of a century from Matt Johnson’s The The is full of political and philosophical concerns.
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