Classical Music
Interpretively, this installment in the BSO’s cycle of Dmitri Shostakovich’s fifteen symphonies is occasionally (and a bit surprisingly) spotty.
Texturally, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles’ serve up diaphanous performances.
One of the year’s stand-out releases: full of wonderful music, all of it well worth getting to know, and played to the hilt.
Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s especially eclectic list includes The Allman Brothers Band, Roy Brown, Black Sabbath, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
I don’t recall encountering a recent Baroque recording that is sung with such a fine balance of smoothness and character.
This new recording would be a great, and inexpensive, way to enter the sound world of Rossini’s mature operas.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s delightful 1906 comic opera, via the first recording of the version heard at the work’s premiere.
I felt at times that I was listening to the Italian equivalent of a Broadway musical, though a serious rather than jolly one.
BMOP’s performances of three John Adams chamber symphonies, all conducted by music director Gil Rose, offer welcome, distinctive takes on the triptych.
The Norwegian soprano’s execution of the vocal line in Luonnotar is nothing short of astounding.
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