Classical Music
Missional zeal from the Fort Smith Symphony and an electrifying performance from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Read MorePianist Jeremy Denk’s artistry rests in how he explores emotional variance by leaning into the extremes.
Read MoreSpiffy discs of French music featuring the Orchestre National de Lyon led by Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles.
Read MoreThe subjects of our critic’s favorite albums of the past year include a dragon, a sex-obsessed priest, Mỹ Lai, and a grand pageant about Jewish history.
Read MoreTenor Zachary Wilder — a Boston favorite — and others shine in a Cavalli opera from 380 years ago.
Read MoreThe whole recording reminds me that numerous forgotten but extremely accomplished nineteenth-century works can provide rich satisfactions when performed as well as this
Read MoreAn admiring review of the latest disc from Hermitage Trio and praise for Boston Philharmonic and Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concerts earlier this month at Symphony Hall.
Read MoreThe final installment in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’ s Shostakovich symphonies series is not nearly as overwhelming as its kick-off disc.
Read MoreThis splendid album offers ample proof that Henry Desmarest stands shoulder to shoulder with his major 17th century French contemporaries, Lully and Marin Marais.
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Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2023
Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year.
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