Music
What’s on the screen rings true, but Fire Music falls short of being fair to history.
There’s a pleasing variety in this collection, which serves up valuable music that might not have otherwise been heard.
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.
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.
Both Newport festivals rose to the challenge of restoring live music in a year that made it difficult and welcome.
The Norwegian soprano’s execution of the vocal line in Luonnotar is nothing short of astounding.

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