Classical Music
Schoenberg’s “Ode to Napoleon” and Liszt’s transcription of Beethoven’s “Eroica” make a forceful pairing in the pianist’s fierce, illuminating new album.
Gianandrea Noseda leads sumptuous, finely wrought accounts of the composer’s Second and Fourth Symphonies, revealing music that deserves a wider hearing.
The composer leads a virtuosic debut recording of his Jorie Graham–inspired oratorio, whose striking invention is sometimes blunted by relentless intensity
A “Song of the Pirates” and feather-light scherzo movements stand out in world-premiere recordings led by Howard Griffiths—a welcome rediscovery of a composer admired by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
On his third recording of Benjamin Britten’s three solo cello suites, the Dutch cellist brings lucid intensity to their knotty arguments and haunting lyricism.
Rebekah Heller’s new album celebrates the instrument’s power, agility, and surprising expressive breadth.
A spirited recording, led by two outstanding sopranos, makes a persuasive case for the earliest surviving opera by a Black American composer—and for its long-neglected creator.
ECM New Series’ reissue of the composer’s seminal early recordings restores their bite, rigor, and uncommon spiritual warmth.
On its Cantaloupe Music debut, Phaedra Ensemble enters Monk’s strange, haunting sound world—where strings, reeds, voices, and silence dissolve familiar ideas of classical music.
Concert Review: Yo-Yo Ma Elevates a Dispiriting Boston Symphony Orchestra Opening Night
The BSO avoided a strike and greeted its music director warmly, but an oddly programmed opening night culminated in a deeply disappointing Brahms Fourth.
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