Category Archives: Music

(Aside from all the tracks on the new Beck album)

Every once in a while I pull off a CD for evening’s listening by Georges Delerue, a French composer of film scores who died in 1992. He seemed to be best known for light playful scores for French films, such … Continue reading →

Last night’s performance of Billy Budd by the Los Angeles Opera was… compelling. I know some Benjamin Britten music (especially “Four Sea Interludes”), but had never heard this opera — nor have I ever read the Melville novella, though I … Continue reading →

Of the new songs on Springsteen’s new High Hopes album, this one is especially affecting.

This incredible new version of Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad”, on his new album High Hopes.

[Reposted from Facebook, 29 Jan 14] Tonight’s music, the Bruckner 8, the grandest and most thrilling and most moving of the Bruckner symphonies. I have several recordings, and I didn’t realize when I put it on that I’d grabbed the … Continue reading →

Last night’s favorite song, actually, still listening to Springsteen’s The Rising.

Today’s favorite song, from Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising “I break above the waves, I feel the sun upon my face.” It’s a beautiful song, even though it’s about a terrorist suicide bomber… see here