Classical Music

Concert Review: Cappella Clausura’s Renaissance Portraits — Passion, Desire, and Adoration

November 15, 2022
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Thoughtful and intriguing, the concert reminded listeners that a lot of great music has been marginalized and all but lost to history.

Classical Album Review: The Late Pianist Lars Vogt — A Brilliant and Immensely Loved Musician

November 10, 2022
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I feel that I have lost a dear friend whom I met through profoundly heartfelt recordings and, in the form of interviews, inspiring self-portraits.

Opera Album Review: An Enchanting New Recording of a Short Vivaldi Opera about … the River Seine

November 9, 2022
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Revelations continue: a composer best known for his sonatas and concertos (the Four Seasons) is a master of vocal music as well.

Classical Concert Review: Boston Artists Ensemble — Chamber Music at its Finest

November 7, 2022
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The Boston Artists Ensemble found the tenderness and understated grace of Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 2.

Classical Concert Review: Radius Ensemble — A Vivid Musical Journey, Filled with Solace and Grandeur

November 5, 2022
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The stormy exuberance of Debussy’s Piano Trio in G major inspired one of the many highlights of this mostly auspicious night.

Classical Album Review: Czech-Born Composer Erwin Schulhoff — “Shapeshifter”

November 3, 2022
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This is a strongly-played effort that makes a powerful case for the vitality and worth of Erwin Schulhoff’s oeuvre, particularly his mature chamber music.

Classical Music Album: “African American Voices”

November 2, 2022
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Overall, this is a strong program done in by unsatisfying recorded sound.

Classical Album Review: Pianist John Wilson’s “Upon Further Reflection”

November 1, 2022
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Pianist John Wilson, like his mentor Michael Tilson Thomas, is a servant of the music rather than its dictator and he knows both when and how to step back and let it speak.

Opera Album Review: A Powerful New Recording of an Opera from the Terezin Concentration Camp

November 1, 2022
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I know no more thoughtful disquisition, for the opera stage, on basic questions of life, death, war, love, power, and resistance.

Classical Album Review: Thomas Adès’s Tuneful “Märchentänze”

October 31, 2022
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As the composer moves from youth to middle age, Thomas Adès is unique among his contemporaries for his singular embrace of melody, harmony, and form.

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