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<text id=93HT0472>
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1981: Music
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1981 Highlights
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
January 4, 1982
MUSIC
BEST OF '81
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<p>CLASSICAL. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Archiv), Harpsichordist
Trevor Pinnock captures all the stately grandeur and dashing
spirits of Bach's masterpiece.
</p>
<p>Beethoven: The Nine symphonies (EMI. 8 LPs). The 1981 winner
of the Beethoven sweepstakes, with London's Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Kurt Sanderling.
</p>
<p>Elgar: Symphony No. 2 (Classics for Pleasure). The noble
E-flat symphony gets a refined reading from Vernon Handley and
the London Philharmonic.
</p>
<p>Jancek: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba (London). The Sinfonietta is
exhilaratingly played by Sir Charles Mackerras and the Vienna
Philharmonic.
</p>
<p>Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Deutsche Grammophon. 2 LPs).
(L'Oiseau-Lyre, 3 LPs). Felicitous music by the Strauss family
in sleek readings by Karajan and the Berliners.
</p>
<p>Wagner: The Ring (Philips, 16 LPs). Conductor Pierre Boulez
dominates this incisive live performance at Bayreuth.
</p>
<p>Well: The Unknown Kurt Weill (Nonesuch). Treasures from The
Threepenny Opera composer, sung by Teresa Stratas.
</p>
<p>POP, The Balsters (Slash). Hard fun and easy lyricism from five
Los Angeles rockers.
</p>
<p>Gary U.S. Bonds: Dedication (EMI America). Reborn rhythm and
blues by a soul-solid singer.
</p>
<p>The Clash: Sandinista! (Epic). Shots below the belt of the
body politic by a band that never misses.
</p>
<p>Joe Ely: Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (Southcoast/MCA). Joe Ely
knows where to find the rockabilly roots along those
back-country roads.
</p>
<p>Garland Jeffreys: Escape Artist (Epic). Streamlined street
anthems from a man who keeps the faith.
</p>
<p>Rickie Lee Jones: Pirates (Warner Bros.). Tales of lovers,
losers and wanderers, delivered with a bopster's inflection and
the siding sensuality of a carhop.
</p>
<p>The "King" Kong Compilation (Mango). The neatest reggae package
since The Harder They Come.
</p>
<p>The Million Dollar Quartet (Sun). In December 1956, Elvis
Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash did a
little casual singing in a Memphis studio. Perkins is hardly
discernible; Cash can't really be heard; but Elvis and Jerry Lee
go toe to toe on a little R & B and a lot of gospel. It's like
going to chapel inside a Seeburg.
</p>
<p>Frank Sinatra: She Shot Me Down (Reprise). Love songs after
a long life. Nobody does it better. For that matter, nobody
does it as well.
</p>
<p>X: Wild Gift (Slash). Garage-band rock with no quarter given.
</p>
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