Classical Music

Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Performs Carlos Simon, Sibelius, and Dvorak

July 13, 2021
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The orchestra’s summer home is operating at reduced capacity this season, but it’s wonderful to have the BSO and its public reunited.

July Short Fuses – Materia Critica

July 9, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Classical Music Album Review: Randall Goosby’s “Roots” — Profound and Accessible

July 9, 2021
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Violinist Randall Goosby’s Roots tells a singular story, one that grows and deepens on repeated listening.

Classical Album Review: “Americans” — Bernstein, Ives, Barber, and Crawford

July 6, 2021
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Americans is a winningly-programmed, strongly-realized effort.

Arts Remembrance: Pianist-Composer Frederic Rzewski

July 5, 2021
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I consider composer Frederick Rzewski the most profound and persistent explorer of how to address injustice through the use of sophisticated compositional tools.

Classical Album Review: “A Sicilian Traveller” — Exploring Different Corners of the Globe

June 30, 2021
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Cellist Alessio Pianelli’s playing is songful and lovely. The Avos Chamber Orchestra — essentially a student orchestra — imbues their performances with a confidence and surety that is inspiring.

Classical Album Review: Augustin Hadelich plays Bach

June 29, 2021
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The most striking thing about violinist Augustin Hadelich’s approach to these Bach pieces is his emphasis on the music’s dancing line.

Opera Commentary: Labor Action at the Met — “Wear Your Union Colors!” — Update

June 26, 2021
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Locked-Out MET Stagehands and Skilled Craftspeople ,Joined by Union Supporters, Launch First-of-Its-kind Interactive “Virtual Picket Line.”

Classical Album Review: Lise Davidsen sings Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi

June 17, 2021
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A singer with a gleaming instrument that’s at once mighty and agile, Lise Davidsen’s drawn comparisons with some of the legendary voices of the past.

Classical Album Review: Saint-Saëns Symphonies courtesy of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and Jean-Jacques Kantorow

June 15, 2021
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A welcome entry in complete sets of Camille Saint-Saëns’ five symphonies — a composer of his caliber deserves a wealth of viewpoints.

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