Classical Music

Classical Album Review: Charles Villiers Stanford’s “Requiem”

July 29, 2023
Posted in , , ,

This new recording of Charles Villiers Stanford’s”Requiem” by Martyn Brabbins, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), and the University of Birmingham Voices, is beautiful and often memorable.

Read More

Classical Music Album Review: John Corigliano’s Piano Music

July 28, 2023
Posted in , , ,

An album that does admirable justice to one of the most prolific, significant, and increasingly long-lived composers of a remarkable generation.

Read More

Classical Music Album Review: Violinist Randall Goosby Plays Concertos by Max Bruch and Florence Price

July 27, 2023
Posted in , , ,

Randall Goosby’s sophomore album proves that the violinist is the real deal.

Read More

Classical Album Review: Kristin Ditlow’s Deeply Affectionate “Passages” — Making the Piano Sing

July 25, 2023
Posted in , , ,

In this splendid album, pianist Kristin Ditlow shares her love of the piano in melody-drenched works from many lands and peoples.

Read More

Opera Album Review: From East Germany With Love — Paul Dessau’s Wild “Lanzelot”

July 22, 2023
Posted in , , ,

A prize-winning revival of a politically rambunctious, often-entertaining opera from ’60s East Germany

Read More

Opera Album Review: Luigi Cherubini’s “Les Abencérages” — Revving up Romantic Grand Opera

July 16, 2023
Posted in , , ,

First presented in 1813, “Les Abencérages” displays the mastery and inventiveness of the renowned composer of the opera “Medea.”

Read More

Classical Album Review: “Sam@95” — American Composer Samuel Adler Is Still Going Strong

July 12, 2023
Posted in , , , ,

A new CD brings us marvelous and varied works  by an American master composed between the ages of 88 and 93 (and a mere child at 55).

Read More

Opera Album Review: Two Surrealistically Delightful One-Acts

July 8, 2023
Posted in , , , ,

Bohuslav Martinů, one of the greatest Czech-born composers, reveals a dark-comic sensibility in his rarely performed “Knife” and “Bridge” operas.

Read More

Opera Album Review: Old Enough to Be New Again — A Staggeringly Beautiful Recording

July 4, 2023
Posted in , , ,

This recording of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Psyché provides non-stop pleasure and delights, thanks to the latest developments in early-music performance practice.

Read More

Classical Album Review: Pianist Keith Jarrett and the Music of C.P. E. Bach — A Nice Fit

July 3, 2023
Posted in , , ,

Keith Jarrett has said that he thinks there is room for C.P.E. Bach recordings on a modern piano. He proves himself right with these 1994 recordings.

Read More

Recent Posts