Choose artist...

Top 10 for Nov

Stitched together with reflective interludes, Simone Dinnerstein's premiere of Richard Danielpour's 'An American Mosaic' coheres as a scrapbook recounting a shared experience / The New Yorker

The New Yorker's Oussama Zahr writes.....Composer Richard Danielpour has said that Simone Dinnerstein's Bach recordings got him through the early months of the pandemic. It's easy to hear why: the pianist's care and equanimity in playing such solidly constructed pieces feels reassuring-proof of an organized world. When Danielpour decided to write "An American Mosaic"-a series of miniatures that depict groups of people affected by the pandemic-he asked Dinnerstein to give its première. The result is descriptive without being sentimental. There's the topsy-turvy mayhem of "Parents & Children," the high-octane hustle of "Journalists, Poets, & Writers," and the steady, melancholy pulse of "Doctors & Interns." Stitched together with reflective interludes, the album coheres as a scrapbook recounting a shared experience.