Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Find articles on Books, articles, and a blog by the music critic of The New Yorker. Alex Ross has been the music critic of The New Yorker since 1996.
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
8h ago
The New York Post's Page Six section, a space that infrequently turns its attention to classical music, reports on a bizarre attack that Peter Gelb recently unleashed on Zachary Woolfe, the classical critic of the New York Times. At a ..read more
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
8h ago
New releases of interest, à la manière de Steve Smith. Brahms, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Pieces Op. 116-119; Igor Levit, with Christian Thielemann conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (Sony) Weill, Symphonies No. 1 and 2, The Seven Deadly Sins ..read more
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
1w ago
Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 today, was one of our most musical Presidents. He took an interest in the Suzuki method of string education and enrolled his daughter, Amy, in classes. On November 20, 1977, according to the Carter Presidential ..read more
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
2w ago
The great philosopher and critic Fredric Jameson died today, at the age of ninety. His writings, almost impossibly voluminous and still growing year by year, accomplish a magnificent balancing act between intellectual rigor on the one hand and aesthetic perception ..read more
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
3w ago
The titular album, an exceedingly beautiful one, appears on October 4 ..read more
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
3w ago
Benno Herz, the program director at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles, drew my attention to a curious error that has routinely surfaced in stories about the so-called Scarface Mansion — the sprawling Montecito villa that Bertram Goodhue designed ..read more