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Jonathan Blumhofer

Classical CD Review: György Ligeti’s “Études” — Well Played and Clearly Lived In

Throughout these Études, Driver’s playing marries tonal warmth with textural precision.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Danny Driver, Etudes, György Ligeti, Hyperion

Classical CD Review: Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien, and Matthias Goerne play/sing Brahms

One might risk hyperbole by saying so, but in this instance such recklessness is worth it: this album sounds like Brahms as he ought to be played and sung.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien, Harmonia Mundi, Matthias Goern

Book Review: Alex Ross’s Dizzying, Engrossing, and Sometimes Overwhelming Exploration of Wagnerism

For Alex Ross, Wagnerism is as profound and far-reaching an aesthetic ideology – for good, ill, and all degrees in between – as any.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Alex-Ross, Richard Wagner, Wagnerism

Classical CD Review: Daniel Hope and Alexey Botvinov Play Alfred Schnittke

Fiddler Daniel Hope’s new all-Schnittke disc with pianist Alexey Botvinov brings with it a level of authority that demands respect.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexey Botvinov, Alfred Schnittke, Daniel Hope, Deutsche Grammophon

Arts Commentary: In Memoriam, James Levine (1943-2021)

Do any of his accomplishments – including James Levine’s raising the level of an orchestra’s playing to new heights – really excuse sexual predation?I’d argue in the negative.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: James Levine

Classical Album Review: Hilary Hahn’s “Paris” — A Thrilling Ride

Violinist Hilary Hahn’s blend of musical curiosity, expressive savvy, and technical excellence doesn’t often appear in one person.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Deutsche Grammophon, Hilary Hahn

Classical CD Review: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven’s Ninth

Manfred Honeck’s one of the finest and most exciting Beethoven conductors around, but his interpretive decisions result in an account of the Ninth’s climactic sequence that comes over as episodic and mannered.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Reference Records

Classical CD Review: Vienna Philharmonic’s 2021 New Year’s Concert

The VPO’s performance doesn’t want for energy or purpose because of the lack of a crowd. Rather, there seems to be an internal imperative to the ensemble’s music-making that isn’t always apparent at these events.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: New Year’s Concert, Riccardo Muti, Sony Classical, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Concert Music Review: Andris Nelsons returns to the Boston Symphony

One can only hope that Gail Samuel’s hiring means that the BSO’s welcome-but-fitful efforts at expanding its repertoire and engaging the community of late will become central to its post-pandemic mission.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Caroline Shaw, Gail Samuel, Hannah Kendall, Iman Habibi, Music in Changing Times

Classical Album Review: Minnesota Orchestra plays Mahler 10

There’s much to admire in the color, character, and urgency of the Minnesotans’ playing and the overall strong direction from conductor Osmo Vänskä.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Bis, MAHLER, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

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