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Music
BEST OF '87
Classical
JOHN ADAMS: THE CHAIRMAN DANCES AND OTHER WORKS (Elektra/Nonesuch).
Glenn Miller, minimalism and Mao: a lively orchestral gloss on the
opera Nixon in China.
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (EMI). Lean and mean on original
instruments, the mighty Ninth, brilliantly conducted by Roger
Norrington.
GLASS: AKHNATEN (CBS/Masterworks). In the land of the Pharaohs, a
radiant perspective on the religious revolutionary.
THE IMMORTAL FRITZ KREISLER (RCA). The fabled Viennese-born
violinist in showpieces, bonbons and a quicksilver Beethoven sonata.
CARL NIELSEN: SYMPHONY NO. 1; LITTLE SUITE, OP. L (CBS/Masterworks).
The neglected First Symphony, sizzling in the hands of the young
Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
RICHARD STRAUSS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (DG). Strauss's glowing score,
brightened by Kathleen Battle's sparkling Zerbinetta and James
Levine's energetic baton.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN: OVERTURES (Nimbus). From Patience to Pinafore,
a Savoyard field day with the crack Scottish Chamber Orchestra under
Alexander Faris.
TCHAIKOVSKY: VIOLIN CONCERTO; SIBELIUS: VIOLIN CONCERTO (Philips).
Fiddle fireworks from Viktoria Mullova.
WALTON: SYMPHONY NO. 1; TWO MARCHES (Telarc). An exuberant symphony
and a pair of rattling coronation marches, led by Andre Previn.
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY: THE MERMAID (London). Long lost, a brooding
tone poem and a late Romantic masterwork.
Rock
THE CALL: INTO THE WOODS (Elektra). Spiritual adventuring by a
California band that dances well clear of high seriousness into a
unique groove.
RY COODER: GET RHYTHM (Warner Bros.). Rock's supplest guitar. Any
song here, old or new, clears the air like a sun-shower.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL: STRANGE WEATHER (Island). Eleven brokenhearted
ballads by a singer who can handle high drama with no time out for
self-pity.
JOHN HIATT: BRING THE FAMILY (A&M). A musical shakedown artist:
tunes like Lipstick Sunset can lay bare any emotion by the end of the
first verse.
THE HOUSEMARTINS: THE PEOPLE WHO GRINNED THEMSELVES TO DEATH
(Elektra). A fast-moving band of Brits that uses a parred-down
format to meet some serious social issues head on.
LITTLE STEVEN: FREEDOM-NO COMPROMISE (EMI-Manhattan). The year's
toughest political record.
PET SHOP BOYS: ACTUALLY (EMI-Manhattan). Supercool, supershrewd
syntho-pop, London-style, with ironic lyrics so sharp and cold they
cut like a scalpel made of ice.
ROBBIE ROBERTSON: ROBBIE ROBERTSON (Geffen). The Band's guiding
light, finally stepping out on his own after eleven years and making
sure it was all worth the wait.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: TUNNEL OF LOVE (Columbia). Another great record
by the Boss. Act indifferent at your peril.
U2: THE JOSHUA TREE (Island). Record sales, concerts, radio play--
'87 was all theirs.