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Jazz Album: “Love Hurts” — Guitarist Julian Lage’s Strongest Recording to Date

March 9, 2019
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The disc is manna for lovers of assertive electric guitar, played by one of today’s top practitioners, in an unadorned trio setting.

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Rock Album Review: Juliana Hatfield’s “Weird” — In Customary Fine Form

March 9, 2019
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Overall, Juliana Hatfield’s Weird is closer to good than to great.

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Classical Concert Review: Thomas Adès conducts Liszt, Adès, and Tchaikovsky

March 8, 2019
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The BSO recently announced an extension to artistic partner Thomas Adès’s contract. It is lucky to have him. So are the rest of us.

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Classical Music Preview: “Help the Children” Concert — An Eclectic Vocal Program

March 7, 2019
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“It’s not a concert about despair,” observes Joel Cohen, “there’s a lot of festive music in it.”

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Jazz CD Review: Jason Palmer’s “Rhyme and Reason” — Intricate Artistry

March 5, 2019
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Trumpeter Jason Palmer’s mastery is of the unimposing kind, which this piano-less quartet seamlessly reflects.

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Classical CD Reviews: Colin Davis’s “Berlioz Odyssey,” “Bernard Haitink: Portrait,” and “The Age of Revolutions”

March 1, 2019
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Anniversaries are both the bane and the lifeblood of the classical music industry as, for better or worse, three new box sets remind.

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Book Review: “Making Music American — 1917 and the Transformation of Culture”

February 28, 2019
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1917 was an important year, but perhaps not important enough to justify the sweeping title of the book.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Juan de Arriaga’s Orchestral Music, Lortzing Overtures, and Boieldieu’s Piano Concerto et al.

February 27, 2019
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Francois-Adrien

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Michael Gordon’s “The Unchanging Sea” and Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck”

February 26, 2019
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Michael Gordon’s score for The Unchanging Sea works better as soundtrack than a concert work; Harmonia mundi releases a DVD of William Kentridge’s powerful staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.

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Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra plays Britten, Schwantner, and Holst

February 25, 2019
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This Sunday’s BPYO concert tied together a number of highly personal strands, presenting music connected to two of conductor Benjamin Zander’s mentors — Benjamin Britten and Gustav Holst.

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