Classical Music

Opera Review: BEMF’s “Le Carnaval de Venise” — A Delightful Triumph

June 22, 2017
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Chock-full of truly delightful music, the production scores as yet another BEMF opera triumph.

Classical CD Review: Heath Quartet plays Bartók and Natalie Dessay’s Schubert

June 21, 2017
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The Heath Quartet delivers a triumphant Bartók cycle; Natalie Dessay’s Schubert misses the mark widely.

CD Reviews: Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms and Christian Gerhaher sings “Die schöne Magelone”

June 19, 2017
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The BSO’s Brahms’ sounds as robust and responsive as they do when they’re on their best behavior at Symphony Hall.

Classical CD Reviews: Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner and Andrew Manze conducts Vaughan Williams

June 17, 2017
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For all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.

Classical CD Reviews: Emerson Quartet plays Purcell and Britten and Mozart in Havana

June 16, 2017
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The Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.

Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival — The King’s Singers and Ayreheart

June 16, 2017
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Boston Early Music Festival tossed a bang-up evening of performances on Monday night.

Classical CD Reviews: “Recurrence” and “Thrive on Routine” (Sono Luminus)

June 15, 2017
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Why do such a high number of significant contemporary composers hail from Iceland?

Rethinking the Repertoire #15 – George Whitefield Chadwick’s “Symphonic Sketches”

June 14, 2017
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If George Whitefield Chadwick had been born in, say, London or Munich, he might be better known today than he is.

Rethinking the Repertoire #14 – Sir Edward Elgar’s “Sea Pictures”

June 2, 2017
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Sea Pictures offers, frankly, everything one might want in a song cycle: sweeping melodies, evocative scoring, stirring drama and pathos.

Rethinking the Repertoire #13 – Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto

May 31, 2017
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Samuel Barber: one of the most individual and distinguished voices to emerge in Europe or America during the 20th century.

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