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A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981)
: :Glenn Gould's recording debut in 1955 of Bach's Goldberg Variations took the world by storm. His decidedly un-Romantic view, absolute technical skill, startling lucidity, and right-on rhythmic changes, combined with his eccentricities--audible humming, sometimes outrageously fast tempi--made him an instantly legendary pianist and elucidated Bach's music in a whole new way. Gould's final recording, 26 years later, was also of the Goldbergs. It's a more relaxed, sometimes much slower, more inward reading (although still very much his own, complete with ...
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The Island
from: Milan Records
: :After supplying something known as 'additional music' to many films since the late 1990s, Steve Jablonsky seems to have become the go-to composer for director-producer Michael Bay. Jablonsky's score for Bay's sci-fi thriller The Island shows the influence of its producer, Hans Zimmer. 'The Island Awaits You' sets up the mood, which is oddly muted for a movie directed by explosion-master Bay. Even a track titled 'Mass Vehicular Carnage' is merely ominously low-key, oddly sounding like something by dank trip-hopper ...
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