Classical Music

CD Reviews: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 1 and Mozart Violin Concertos plus Wagner Overtures & Preludes

October 26, 2016
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For recorded sound, for brilliance of orchestral execution, and for interpretive concept, Janowski is one of the 21st century’s best Wagnerians.

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic plays Auerbach, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky

October 24, 2016
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Conductor Benjamin Zander and his band were at their collective best performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6.

Concert Review: Conductor Jakub Hrůša Makes an Energetic Debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

October 17, 2016
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This was a fascinating program conducted by someone that the BSO will hopefully put (firmly) into their rotation of distinguished guest conductors.

Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s “American Masters”

October 11, 2016
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The BMOP’s opening concert featured the group succeeding at an important part of its mission: to perform unfairly overlooked American music.

Concert Review: Boston Symphony plays Widmann and Brahms at Symphony Hall

October 7, 2016
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The intellectual and emotional intelligence of the docket stands as a conspicuous example of exemplary programmatic creativity.

Rethinking the Repertoire #10 — Mark-Anthony Turnage’s “Frieze”

October 4, 2016
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Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Frieze is, without a doubt, one of the major symphonic scores of our century.

Preview/Interview: Jörg Widmann’s “Trauermarsch” — An Idea of Paradise

October 3, 2016
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To speak with Jörg Widmann is to encounter a mind furiously at work and aware of his craft as viewed through the lens of Western history.

Classical Music CD Reviews: Hrůša’s Dvorák, “The Lost Songs of St. Kilda,” and Steve Richman’s Gershwin

October 2, 2016
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The Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.

Classical Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s “Der Rosenkavalier” — The Tops

October 1, 2016
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It is unlikely that any other BSO concert this year will top Thursday night’s performance of Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier.

Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Carmen”

September 28, 2016
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Bieito’s vision – even if it’s not quite as racy as advertised – comes off better than any new canonical production of the BLO’s I’ve seen recently.

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