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U.S. Girls ★★★★ Scratch It 4AD. CD/DL/LP ...

Music is in Cat Bateman’s DNA. With a dad who was a guitarist and singer, and a childhood that’s reminiscent of The Partridge Family, she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t belting out a tune. “On

Before The Future LOST SOUND TAPES/SELF-RELEASED 8/10

shouting forever into the receiver Anne Denholm (harp), Louise McMonagle (cello), Jonathan Morton (violin) et al NMC NMC D285 61:56 mins Tackling social themes and reckoning with history is part of wh

Works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Schnittke, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Weinberg Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano) Alpha Classics ALPHA827 147:28 mins (2CD) The only thing ‘amis

Kafka Fragments Susan Narucki (soprano), Curtis Macomber (violin) Avie AV2760 54:30 mins In the July issue we praised pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s inspired performance of György Kurtág’s Játékok mi