Classical Music

Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2023

December 21, 2023
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Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year.

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Classical Album Reviews: Louis Wayne Ballard’s “The Four Moons” and Christopher Rouse’s Symphony No. 6

December 16, 2023
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Missional zeal from the Fort Smith Symphony and an electrifying performance from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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Concert Review: Celebrity Series Presents Pianist Jeremy Denk — Embracing Contradictions

December 15, 2023
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Pianist Jeremy Denk’s artistry rests in how he explores emotional variance by leaning into the extremes.

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Classical Album Reviews: “Aux étoiles” and Saint-Saëns’ Symphonic Poems

December 15, 2023
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Spiffy discs of French music featuring the Orchestre National de Lyon led by Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles.

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Best Albums of 2023: Notable Operatic Recordings and a Few Non-Operatic Ones

December 14, 2023
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The 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.

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Opera Album Review: Finally, “L’Egisto” — Complete and Amazingly Reimagined

December 3, 2023
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Tenor Zachary Wilder — a Boston favorite — and others shine in a Cavalli opera from 380 years ago.

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Opera Album Review: Hot News — Award-Winning First Recording of a Major Contemporary of the Young Verdi

November 25, 2023
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The whole recording reminds me that numerous forgotten but extremely accomplished nineteenth-century works can provide rich satisfactions when performed as well as this

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Classical Album & Streaming Reviews: “Spanish Impressions,” Boston Philharmonic Orchestra & Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in Concert

November 22, 2023
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An 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.

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Classical CD Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich

November 21, 2023
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The final installment in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’ s Shostakovich symphonies series is not nearly as overwhelming as its kick-off disc.

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Opera Album Review: A Fabulous World Premiere Recording of a Major Work of the French Baroque Era

November 20, 2023
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This 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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