Jonathan Blumhofer
“Playing these standard pieces on period instruments is a little bit like reading a novel or poem in its original language.”
Read MoreFor recorded sound, for brilliance of orchestral execution, and for interpretive concept, Janowski is one of the 21st century’s best Wagnerians.
Read MoreConductor Benjamin Zander and his band were at their collective best performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6.
Read MoreThe Library of America volumes of Virgil Thomson’s writings will help reestablish him as one of the 20th century’s preeminent musical scribes.
Read MoreThe BMOP’s opening concert featured the group succeeding at an important part of its mission: to perform unfairly overlooked American music.
Read MoreThe intellectual and emotional intelligence of the docket stands as a conspicuous example of exemplary programmatic creativity.
Read MoreMark-Anthony Turnage’s Frieze is, without a doubt, one of the major symphonic scores of our century.
Read MoreTo speak with Jörg Widmann is to encounter a mind furiously at work and aware of his craft as viewed through the lens of Western history.
Read MoreThe Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.
Read MoreBieito’s vision – even if it’s not quite as racy as advertised – comes off better than any new canonical production of the BLO’s I’ve seen recently.
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