Jonathan Blumhofer
As a composer, Gunther Schuller’s legacy is complex and has yet to be settled. Sorting through it all will constitute a great, welcome adventure.
Andris Nelsons drew playing from the BSO that reveled in Alban Berg’s sense of color and musical drama.
The biggest takeaway from the evening was the superb quality of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing.
If you like good, smart singing, tenor Jonas Kaufmann’s Nessun Dorma:The Puccini Album disc is for you.
By any measure, this is an impressive orchestra, as technically accomplished as any number of professional ensembles, domestic and international.
Soprano Elizabeth Watts’ voice is as clear as crystal in every musical context and texture.
James MacMillan is one of the few contemporary composers who has embraced elements of the avant-garde and still found a wide audience.
Michael Lewin’s new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.
Rethinking the Repertoire #5: Leonard Bernstein’s “Songfest”
Bernstein’s Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
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