cinefile
Film Journal
Classical music
This Bitter Earth / On The Nature of Daylight
Max Richter’s piece “On the Nature of Daylight” is hauntingly beautiful by itself, but when, in the closing titles of Shutter Island, it’s combined with Dinah Washington’s “This Bitter Earth,” it takes on tremendous new dimensions: About these ads
Bach in Time
Bach in Time The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin (Atlantic Monthly Press) Review by Hugh Lilly Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are among the most beautiful pieces ever composed for the instrument. The arpeggiated chords in the opening bars of the first suite are the best-known measures of all the suites, and … Continue reading
Donate
If you enjoy reading this website, please consider a small donation toward its running costs:
