Classical Music
Michael Lewin’s new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.
The truth is that the music of this most politically aware and morally astute of composers needs – and deserves – much wider currency.
Night Ferry proves to be an ambitious, absorbing score, filled with music of great color, vitality, and expression.
The BSO had a well-deserved couple of weeks off following their late-summer tour of Europe, and they took some time to regain their sea-legs.
We begin our survey with one of my favorite musical discoveries of the last three years: Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony in E-flat, op. 2.
It’s one of the enduring ironies of classical music that so much of today’s repertoire was written by such a small number of people..
Even if it’s a mite inconsistent, Anthracite Fields is a fully deserving Pulitzer winner.
Just about anything Isabelle Faust touches these days is gold – she’s one of the finest violinists out there
Rethinking the Repertoire #4: James MacMillan’s “Tryst”
James MacMillan is one of the few contemporary composers who has embraced elements of the avant-garde and still found a wide audience.
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