Jonathan Blumhofer
This is an all-English album whose strongest moments are mighty and who’s most intriguing piece is a revelation.
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Some tracks work better than others, but Maya Beiser’s larger effort succeeds in presenting Glass’s music in a more nuanced – and musically complex – light.
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A thoughtfully conceived, technically excellent, beautifully recorded, and expressively rich album that celebrates 20th-century piano music by (mostly) American composers.
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One could hardly ask for more persuasive Bruch advocacy than what the Nash Ensemble offers here.
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Here is an outstanding recording from the Escher String Quartet of music by two stylistically divergent 20th-century American composers, Samuel Barber and Charles Ives.
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For Joan Tower fans, this disc is a must; for the Tower-curious, it offers an excellent introduction to the composer’s wider work, all of it compellingly played.
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Interpretively, this installment in the BSO’s cycle of Dmitri Shostakovich’s fifteen symphonies is occasionally (and a bit surprisingly) spotty.
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One of the year’s stand-out releases: full of wonderful music, all of it well worth getting to know, and played to the hilt.
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BMOP’s performances of three John Adams chamber symphonies, all conducted by music director Gil Rose, offer welcome, distinctive takes on the triptych.
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The Norwegian soprano’s execution of the vocal line in Luonnotar is nothing short of astounding.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else