Langlois de Swarte, his tone clear but with an appealing hint of wiry bite, played with vivacity and wit. And the Adagio harpsichord introduction to a sonata in C minor showed off...
Read moreThis big-hearted, blithely odd adventure pits a troupe of superpowered circus folk against a psychic Nazi pianist.
Read more“Mary Ann” (1958)On the album “Belafonte Sings the Blues,” the backup group features top jazz musicians and the singing gets loose, frisky and playful. “Mary Ann” is a flirtatious rumba-blues that gives...
Read moreSet in Hungary after World War II, this film concerns a doctor and a teenager seeking to fill the void left by the relatives they lost.
Read moreThomas Adès: ‘Dante’Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Nonesuch)It’s a great joy — a relief, even — to revisit a new work and feel just as ardently positive about it as at...
Read moreApril 27, 2023There’s an adage, of murky provenance, that music executives like to cite whenever another copyright infringement lawsuit lands: “Where there’s a hit, there’s a writ.”The trial over Ed Sheeran’s Grammy-winning...
Read moreAnna Wintour, the editor of Vogue and global editorial director of Condé Nast, has been the maestro of every Met Gala since 1999. But this time, it’s personal.Not just because the exhibition...
Read moreBritish antitrust regulators on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition for popular...
Read moreThere’s a big new Broadway musical called “New York, New York,” and it’s based on the Martin Scorsese film bearing the same title.Sort of.Both the movie and the show have lead characters...
Read moreApril Stevens, whose rushed recording of “Deep Purple” with her brother, Nino Tempo, became a chart-topping single in 1963 and won a Grammy Award, died on April 17 at her home in...
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