Classical Music
Curtis Stewart transforms two dozen American songs into inventive, virtuosic studies for solo violin.
Arnold Östman’s first complete recording makes a powerful case for Wilhelm Stenhammar’s long-neglected Norse opera—despite the intrusive directorial alterations preserved from Malmö Opera’s 2011 staging.
On its lively new recording, the Boston chamber group gives buoyant, colorful, and sharply characterized performances of three works by a longtime MIT composer.
The sisters’ new ECM recording catches the volatile interplay of lyricism and menace in a compellingly programmed set.
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter’s latest Alpha recording pairs two late works by André Previn with Sebastian Currier’s witty, searching “Ringtone Variations.”
A Singapore Symphony Orchestra recording of compositions by John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, and Hugo Friedhofer quietly punctures old prejudices about film composers and “serious” music.
Soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan’s semiquincentennial album reframes familiar American classics through a lens of wistfulness, insight, and quiet defiance.
The widening chasm between European and American orchestras is not just a matter of polish, but of style, inheritance, and musical conviction.
A pair of concerts at the Shalin Liu Performance Center paired elegy, bite, and virtuosity in vividly different ensemble settings.
Arts Remembrance: The Musical Mission of Joel Cohen
His galvanizing presence left an enduring mark on Boston’s musical culture.
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