Jonathan Blumhofer
That Shostakovich left such a musical testament is, in its own way, miraculous; and it continues to speak to us with immediacy and power.
One takeaway from the concert: music can be forward-looking and even provocative without being off-putting and ugly.
An album of Brahms lieder from two musicians in their prime: Christoph Eschenbach and Matthias Goerne.
This Grand Harmonie program is a survey of both the mainstream and wildly experimental uses of early brass instruments.
Overall, with Transitions Michael Nicolas proves himself a major cellist of his generation.
Three superb albums: two focusing on works by Brahms, one featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s meditation on Shakespeare’s Ophelia.
Ghosts seems to be trying to be all things to all listeners — edgy, nostalgic, farcical, adventuresome.
The Rasas are but the latest in a series of remarkable scores John Harbison has been turning out over his eighth decade.
There’s an apparent level of trust between the BSO and its leader, best demonstrated by the spirited excellence of the orchestra’s playing of late.
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