Too Much Tchaikovsky

    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 12

    The Shock of the Old

    What’s Old? In classical music, everything and nothing. Steve Reich…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 11

    Andrew Norman: Pinball Wizard

    As I write this, I am sitting in a grade-school…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 1

    Mahler Tall, Grande, Venti

    Maybe you’ve experienced this: you offer your friend a bracing…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 13

    Flutes

    It’s not that complicated. Lauren Bacall said it best, in…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 14

    Box Sets: Threat or Menace?

    I hate it when my most cherished assumptions take a…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 15

    The Fine Print

    They used to be called liner notes. Nowadays, since there’s…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 16

    Organizers and Decorators

    Isaiah Berlin gave us foxes and hedgehogs. Classical Greece offered…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 17

    More Flutes

    A few weeks ago we stuck one toe in the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 18

    Liszt, Show Business, and Art

    Franz Liszt (1811–86) practically invented the showbiz end of classical…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 19

    Three New Choral Passions

    Steinberg: Passion Week There once were two young Russian composers,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 20

    Bad Manners

    We were just sitting there, listening to music. My friend…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 21

    Starter Kit

    This column began as a Gift Guide kind of thing.…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 22

    Berlioz for Christmas

    And Liszt for the New Year! Here we go. Hector…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 23

    Rest of the Best, 2016

    As I write this, the Old Year is drawing to…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 24

    Rhythm

    Boulez called it duration. By that he meant the whole…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 25

    Melody

    Onward and upward with our New Year’s survey of musical…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 26

    Style, Part 1

    Okay, we’ve done some work with Rhythm and Melody. Time…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 27

    Style, With Sprinkles

    Dear Friends, Congratulations! Copper’s readers, writers, faithful Editor, and visionary…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 28

    Five Uneasy Pieces

    It is not pretty, any of it. But its maker,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 29

    Bridges and Boundaries

    Can we put Arnold S. on hold for a bit?…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 30

    Schoenberg After Pierrot

    I haven’t said much so far about Arnold Schoenberg’s craft,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 31

    American Symphonies

    Writer Philipp Meyer said something worth repeating a couple of…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 32

    Exiles

    Last time our subject was Americans, and a varied lot…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 33

    Classical Concept Albums

    They’re baack. Concept albums, that is, those packages that attempt—with…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 35

    Getting to Know György

    György Kurtág (b. 1926) is old. Really old. If his…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 36

    Guitar Madness

    Ah, but none dare call it madness. We’re speaking of…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 37

    Fireworks and Fizz Water

    Hey there, classical fans. Let’s talk shallow pleasures! Excuse me?…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 38

    Pledge(s) of Allegiance

    I’ve been reviewing classical records for, like, ever. In the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 47

    Dry vs. Juicy

    Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.  Well, it’s…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 48

    Oboe Quartets

    What does an oboe sound like? If you fancy yourself…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 49

    Special Effects

    It’s holiday season as I write this, and I can’t…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 50

    Voices

      Whenever people talk seriously about recorded music, sooner or…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 51

    Searching For Big

    I’ve been listening to, or watching, a lot of new…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 52

    Awards Season!

    Once every year, a year passes! Pundits, critics, observers far…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 53

    Daughters, Part 1

      Choose your parents carefully. That’s probably the best advice…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 54

    Violin + Orchestra, Part 1

    Our story begins with Beethoven. (What else is new?) His…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 55

    Daughters, Part 2

    Talk about in medias res. In “Daughters, Part 1” we…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 56

    Violin+Orchestra, Part 2

      So many concertos, so little time. When I decided…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 57

    So Far, So Good

    That’s a punch line! It belongs to the joke about…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 58

    There’s a Record Store in Newnan

    Newnan, Georgia, is the little town I live in, just…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 59

    Why Messiaen (Still) Matters

    This is not a Messiaen Year. It would be the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 60

    Letter from London

    New York, May 22. I’ve had some of my favorite…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 61

    Our Annual Summer Edition

    Sweet summer! Calendar-wise, it’s not quite here, but musically it’s…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 62

    Part Deux

    [Or: Another Mess O’ Messiaen—-Ed.] This column usually follows a…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 63

    The Ondine All-Stars

    For the classical record industry, it’s gotten hard to tell…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 64

    Winds From the North

    Oh Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838), where have you been all…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 65

    Bert van der Wolf

    [Bert van der Wolf is a distinguished Netherlands-based engineer/producer with…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 66

    In the Matter of M. Weinberg

    He escaped, and not just once. The outward circumstances of…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 67

    Steve Jobs, the Opera. Really.

    Mason Bates wrote the music, Mark Campbell the libretto. They…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 68

    Snobs and Slobs

    Here’s a (lightly edited) exchange that took place right after…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 69

    Why Do You Think They Call it Classical?

    Larry: Greetings, music lovers. Today we have a question or…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 70

    Hearing Bach

    Among the most-played and -recorded of J. S. Bach’s instrumental…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 71

    More Mostly Quiet Music

    Have we today forgotten how to speak softly and with…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 72

    Putting Down Roots

    I’ve just seen a documentary about a food writer. It…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 73

    Collaborators

    Nearly all the great creative musicians were good collaborators. It…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 74

    Stocking Stuffers 2018

    It’s that time of year again; maybe you’re still in…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 75

    Telling the Story

    Every picture tells a story. That’s utterly true, regardless of…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 76

    Telling the (Vocal) Story

    In TMT #75 we talked about narrative in instrumental music.…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 77

    Stay Warm

    It’s cold, it’s gray, it’s wet. Time for comfort food:…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 78

    Stay Hot!

    Last week I finally signed up for a streaming service.…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 79

    Purcell’s King Arthur

    Merlin waves his Wand; the Scene changes, and discovers the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 80

    How I Became an Audiophile

    My earliest memories of listening to recorded music go back…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 81

    Violin Plus One

    Or two, or six. There’s no end to what you…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 82

    Eine kleine zuviele Nachtmusik

    This is about Mahler and his Seventh Symphony. Which means,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 83

    Pan and Perséphone

    Today we begin with Mahler and his Third Symphony. Then…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 84

    Prokofiev Piano Concertos

    What I’m writing about this week: Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) and…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 91

    Hall Sounds

    Late this May I fulfilled a longstanding wish—to attend Choral…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 92

    “Who the hell is Allan Pettersson?”

      Not my words. Just the title of a 1974…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 93

    Standard Time

    It may seem like I seldom devote space here to…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 94

    Copycats

    Today we’re talking about musical imitation and modeling. Also ripoffs,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 95

    Ear Candy

    Of the four strictly definable parameters of any musical sound—pitch,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 96

    Maurice Duruflé

    Maybe you’ve heard about FOMO—Fear of Missing Out. It’s a…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 97

    Doin’ It

    My friend Dale Cockrell has written a remarkable book, Everybody’s…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 98

    Russian Composers: Rachmaninov, Medtner and Prokofiev

    They were contemporaries. Sergey Rachmaninov (1873–1943) was born seven years…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 99

    Haydn and the Theatre

    Today we most often encounter Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) as the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 100

    Rarities and Remembrances

    This TMT will appear in Copper #100 on December 16,…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 101

    Beethoven Plus One: Songs

    2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 102

    Steve Waksman, Rock Musicologist

    (Author’s note: Last November at a meeting of the American…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 103

    Steve Waksman, Rock Musicologist: Part Two

    (Author’s note: In our interview with Steve Waksman in TMT…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 104

    Beethoven Begins

    When did Beethoven become Beethoven? That is, when did he…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 105

    Joshua Redman’s Sun on Sand

    We’re taking a break from Beethoven Plus One in order…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 106

    Beethoven (and Other) Landscapes

    I’m pretty sure I discovered Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 107

    A New American Oratorio

    It’s been a while since we featured any oratorios in…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 108

    Opera and Immersive Sound

    This is the first of two articles I’ve planned on…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 109

    Immersive Sound Part Two

    When I started planning this column, the task seemed simple:…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 110

    Multichannel Hall of Fame Mk I

    Recently, I’ve had more time to poke around my “record…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 111

    Multichannel Hall of Fame Mk II

    (Last time we offered overviews of several recording labels that…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 112

    Routine, Ritual and Wabi-Sabi

    In the past few weeks, I’ve rediscovered something: routines can…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 113

    Four Figaros

    In the last six weeks, I’ve watched Mozart’s opera Le…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 114

    Why Collect?

    Part 1: Adventures in Time Travel Last week I unboxed…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 115

    Mozart’s Tito and Idomeneo

    Earlier this month I watched the Met’s free streaming presentation…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 116

    Comfort and Adventure

    Good: If I ever start making playlists again, or decide…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 117

    Beethoven and . . . Britten?

    Remember Beethoven? Late in 2019 the classical-music world set out…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 118

    Symphonies and Social Movements

    Even when artists write manifestos, they are (hopefully) aware that…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 122

    Two Violas and a Cello

    Dear Reader, Hi there! Yes, I’m back from a self-imposed…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 123

    Winners

    For weeks now I’ve been planning a column on the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 124

    Bel Canto, Part 1

    Recently I’ve been watching a lot of Dark, now streaming…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 125

    Holiday Music, Naughty & Nice

      First, the Nice part: One of my earliest memories…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 126

    Rossini (Bel Canto Part 2)

    Here’s a question that should be a softball: who was…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 127

    Award Season

    Christmas came early last month! In the space of ten…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 128

    When You Wish

    Dear readers: as I write this, Christmas is over, the…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 129

    Serenades

    Serenade (Fr. sérénade; Ger. Serenade, Ständchen; It. serenada, serenata). A…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 131

    Passions

    Last month I made a single New Year’s resolution: to…
    Too Much TchaikovskyIssue 133

    Bach’s Saint John Passion

    High on my list of all-time favorite Bach arias is…
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