Jonathan Blumhofer
A wonderful new performance of Mahler’s three orchestral song cycles; Daniel Reuss’s account of the oratorio Le Roi David is basically flawless.
Read MoreViolinist Sebastian Bohren’s album is uneven; violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov have produced a wonder.
Read MoreThe BSO’s Brahms’ sounds as robust and responsive as they do when they’re on their best behavior at Symphony Hall.
Read MoreFor all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.
Read MoreThe Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.
Read MoreWhy do such a high number of significant contemporary composers hail from Iceland?
Read MoreIf George Whitefield Chadwick had been born in, say, London or Munich, he might be better known today than he is.
Read MoreSea Pictures offers, frankly, everything one might want in a song cycle: sweeping melodies, evocative scoring, stirring drama and pathos.
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