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  "textContent": "No, Alex Ross (of “The Rest is Noise” fame, both [blog][] and [book][]) isn’t being mean to eMusic; in fact to my knowledge he’s never mentioned it, at least on his blog.  What I mean is that several of the releases on [Ross’s list of recommended CDs][Rosss] (CDs?  how last century!) can be found on eMusic:\n\n- Steve Reich, _[Music for 18 Musicians][Music f]_, Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble (Innova).  This is an excellent version in my opinion.  It doesn’t quite measure up to the [original recording][origina] to my ears, but I think it’s superior to the [version][] that the Bang on a Can All-Stars Steve Reich Ensemble did a while back for Nonesuch.  And you can’t beat the human interest story: [music students from the midwest][music s] take on Reich and [wow the big city sophisticates][wow the].\n- John Luther Adams, _[Red Arc/Blue Veil][Red Arc]_ (Cold Blue).  Amusingly enough, eMusic thinks John Luther Adams is a “new age composer” who writes chamber music (_[The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies][The Mat]_) and avante-garde jazz (this work and _[The Light That Fills the World][The Lig]_).\n- Mozart, _[Don Giovanni][Don Gio]_, René Jacobs conducting (Harmonia Mundi).  Note that this release totals a whopping 61 tracks, so it will wipe out a month or two of downloads; however it’s still a better bargain than paying [\\$39.49 for the CD at Amazon][3949].\n- Stockhausen, _[Stimmung][Stimmun]_, Theatre of Voices (Harmonia Mundi).\n- Common Sense Composers’ Collective, _[tic][]_, with the New Millenium Ensemble (Troy).\n- Beethoven, _[Piano Sonatas vol. 3][Piano S]_, Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi).  32 tracks, but still a better deal than [paying \\$39.49 at Amazon][paying].\n- Bach, _[Goldberg Variations][Goldber]_, Simone Dinnerstein (Telarc).  As DennisinWAState mentions in his review, at 32 tracks for most eMusic subscribers it’s probably more cost-effective to [pay \\$12.97 for the CA at Amazon][pay 1].\n- Brahms, _[String Sextets][String]_, Nash Ensemble (Onyx).\n- _[Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Live from Wigmore Hall, 1998][Lorrain]_; with Roger Vignoles, piano (BBC)\n- Roussel, _[Symphony No. 3 and Bacchus et Ariane][Symphon]_; Stéphane Denève conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Naxos).\n- _[As Steals the Morn . . .: Handel Arias and Scenes][As Stea]_; Mark Padmore, tenor, with Andrew Manze conducting the English Concert (Harmonia Mundi).\n- Gershwin, _[Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture][Piano C]_; Jon Nakamatsu, piano, with Jeff Tyzik conducting the Rochester Philhamonic (Harmonia Mundi).\n- Alexandra Gardner, _[Luminoso][Luminos]_ (Innova).\n\nNote that of 18 items on Ross’s list, 13 are on eMusic.  This is yet another example of how eMusic is becoming a great site for classical music, especially for people like me who want to explore “contemporary classical” works at relatively low expense.\n\n[blog]: http://www.therestisnoise.com/ \"Articles, a blog, and a book by the music critic of The _New Yorker_\"\n[book]: http://www.amazon.com/Rest-Noise-Listening-Twentieth-Century/dp/0374249393/?tag=frankhecker-20 \"The Rest Is Noise, Listening to the Twentieth Century\"\n[Rosss]: http://www.therestisnoise.com/cd_picks/index.html\n[Music f]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Grand-Valley-State-University-New-Music-Ensemble-Steve-Reich-Music-for-18-Musicians-MP3-Download/11107102.html\n[origina]: http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Reich-Music-18-Musicians/dp/B000026258/?tag=frankhecker-20 \"Music for 18 Musicians performed by the Steve Reich Ensemble for ECM\"\n[version]: http://www.amazon.com/Music-18-Musicians-Jeanne-LeBlanc/dp/B000006E4C/?tag=frankhecker-20 \"Music for 18 Musicians performed by the Steve Reich Ensemble for Nonesuch\"\n[music s]: http://www.newmusicensemble.org/\n[wow the]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/arts/music/05bang.html \"Breaking the Barriers of Music in a New York Marathon\"\n[Red Arc]: http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Luther-Adams-Red-Arc-Blue-Veil-MP3-Download/11105787.html\n[The Mat]: http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Luther-Adams-Steven-Schick-The-Mathematics-Of-Resonant-Bodies-MP3-Download/10912530.html\n[The Lig]: http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Luther-Adams-The-Light-That-Fills-the-World-MP3-Download/10997885.html\n[Don Gio]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Ren%C3%A9-Jacobs-Mozart-Don-Giovanni-MP3-Download/11097430.html\n[3949]: http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Giovanni-Pendatchanska-Pasichnyk-Guerzoni/dp/B000SKJR10/?tag=frankhecker-20 \"Mozart - Don Giovanni / Weisser, Regazzo, Pendatchanska, Pasichnyk, Tarver, Im, Guerzoni, RIAS, Freiburg, Jacobs [IMPORT] [BOX SET]\"\n[Stimmun]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Paul-Hillier-Theatre-of-Voices-Stockhausen-Stimmung-MP3-Download/11077559.html\n[tic]: http://www.emusic.com/album/New-Millennium-Ensemble-TIC-MP3-Download/11011643.html\n[Piano S]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Paul-Lewis-Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-vol-3-MP3-Download/11095732.html\n[paying]: https://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-vol-3/dp/B000T2OMWQ/?tag=frankhecker-20\n[Goldber]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Simone-Dinnerstein-J-S-Bach-Goldberg-Variations-MP3-Download/11117599.html\n[pay 1]: http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Goldberg-Variations-J-S/dp/B000SQJ2X2/?tag=frankhecker-20\n[String]: http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Nash-Ensemble-Brahms-The-String-Sextets-MP3-Download/11045844.html\n[Lorrain]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Lorraine-Hunt-Lieberson-Various-Lorraine-Hunt-Lieberson-Roger-Vignole-MP3-Download/11025440.html\n[Symphon]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Stephane-Deneve-Albert-Roussel-Bacchus-and-Aradne-complete-Sui-MP3-Download/11035717.html\n[As Stea]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Mark-Padmore-Vitaliano-Handel-As-Steals-The-Morn-Arias-Scenes-for-Te-MP3-Download/11028456.html\n[Piano C]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Jon-Nakamatsu-Gershwin-Piano-Concerto-in-F-Rhapsody-in-Blue-C-MP3-Download/11028463.html\n[Luminos]: http://www.emusic.com/album/Alexandra-Gardner-Luminoso-MP3-Download/10961862.html\n\n  *\n\nPrent Rodgers - 2007-11-29 19:16{#181f6b60-005}\n\nI did the same on Microsoft's Zune.net. 7 of 18. Not so good. See http://bumpermusic.blogspot.com/2007/11/alex-ross-picks-on-zune.html\n\nJennifer Sardam - 2007-12-26 01:17{#181f6b60-006}\n\nThanks for the write-up. I just began a trial membership with eMusic, which gives me 25 free songs to download. I was disappointed when I found out I hardly recognized anyone on there, but I do like classical and will check out some of these pieces you mentioned.\n\nLisa Moore - 2008-01-18 12:09{#181f6b60-002}\n\nCorrection: The Bang on a Can All-Stars never recorded Music for 18, I think Alex is referring to the Steve Reich Ensemble Nonesuch recording of the 90's, which had one member of the All-stars in it. This had nothing to do with the All-Stars as a group of organization.\n\nhecker - 2008-01-18 12:49{#181f6b60-003}\n\nThanks for the correction. Note that the mistake is my own, not Alex Ross's. I was referring to the recording as included on the box set \"Steve Reich: Works 1965-1995' put out by Nonesuch. There was indeed a Bang on a Can performance in this box set (\"Eight Lines\"), which must have been the source of my confusion. My apologies.",
  "title": "Alex Ross picks on eMusic"
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