Susan Miron

Classical Music Album Review: Stephen Hough plays Brahms — The Final Piano Pieces

January 3, 2020
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This CD with British pianist Stephen Hough is a gem — and it was named Recording of the Month by Gramophone Magazine.

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Concert Review: L.A. Philharmonic — Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang

November 25, 2019
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The charmed trifecta of John Adams, Yuja Wang, and Gustavo Dudamel produced a hit, at least to this Boston audience.

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Classical CD Reviews: Two Holiday Albums That Strike Like Thunderbolts

November 20, 2019
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These superbly produced — and sung, played, and conducted — holiday music albums are perfect stocking stuffers.

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Classical CD Review: Hungarian Composer Ernő Dohnányi — Love at First Listen

November 4, 2019
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This is a gem of a recording, a wonderful introduction to this often overlooked Hungarian composer.

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Concert Review: Skylark’s Rachmaninoff’s Vespers a.k.a. All-Night Vigil — A Beautiful Benediction

October 29, 2019
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Skylark continues to impress me with its distinctly beautiful sound, its dazzling control over dynamics and intonation, and its unusually compelling programming.

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Classical Album Review: A Splendid Introduction to the Music of Alberto Ginastera

October 24, 2019
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Ginastera’s innovative style often draws comparisons to Bartók and Stravinsky for the artful ways in which he integrated folk music and dance forms from his native country into a striking, modernist musical language.

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Arts Feature: “Sesame Street” Comes to Harvard University to Celebrate Turning 50

October 9, 2019
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The highly entertaining gala celebrated the five decade long partnership between TV’s Sesame Street and Harvard University.

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Classical CD Review: “Free America!, Early Songs of Resistance and Rebellion” — Fight the Power!

October 7, 2019
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Enjoy Boston Camerata’s Free America! for its high spirits and its crafty, delicious way of making the iconoclasm of the past come alive.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Two Refreshingly Different Takes On Mozart

August 28, 2019
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Two recordings serve up the music of Mozart in unusual packages.

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Classical CD Review: Bravo Leoš Janáček — A Marvelous Serving of his Vocal Music

July 16, 2019
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This album led me to choose, for a summer project, to listen to all of the music of Janáček — and it has been a complete delight.

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