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Jazz Preview: Luciana Souza’s “The Book of Longing” & Yellowjackets

November 5, 2018
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Why this team up? Other than that both Luciana Souza and the Yellowjackets have been nominated for multiple Grammys?

Jazz Preview: Pianist Joey Alexander — A Wizened Vet at the Age of 15

November 4, 2018
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“The pressure, I believe, is the responsibility to work on your gift. It’s God’s gift, a calling for me to share.”

Jazz CD Review: Daniel Carter’s “Telepatia Liquida” — Mission Accomplished

November 4, 2018
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Daniel Carter’s disc revolves, splendidly, around a process of self-discovery.

Classical Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra plays Haydn, Turnage, and Elgar

November 3, 2018
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As good an interpreter of large-scale forms as he’s becoming, Andris Nelsons has always been a terrific conductor of new music.

Classical CDs Review: Suppé Overtures, Bronsart and Urspruch Piano Concertos, and “Destination Rachmaninov”

November 1, 2018
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Pianist Daniil Trifonov’s Rachmaninov album is magnificent; the Münchner Rundfunkorchester do right by Franz von Suppé’s overtures, and the Romantic Piano Concerto series continues to unearth gems.

Classical Music Review: Skylark Vocal Ensemble — Astonishing Sounds

October 31, 2018
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Skylark performed an inventive and highly enjoyable program of music and tales from Norse Mythology and the land of the Vikings.

Classical CD Reviews: Hilary Hahn plays Bach and Sakari Oramo conducts Langgaard

October 29, 2018
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Hilary Hahn supplies a disc of immaculate Bach; conductor Sakari Oramo and the Vienna Philharmonic play music by Rued Langgaard to the hilt.

Concert Review: Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony at Symphony Hall

October 27, 2018
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Andris Nelsons presided over an interpretation of Mahler’s Symphony #2 that was both tightly controlled and emotionally cathartic.

Jazz CD Review: “Random Dances and (A)tonalities” — Ambitious Logic

October 26, 2018
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Don Byron’s repertoire doesn’t just focus on the bebop era — nor is it self-consciously hip.

Jazz CD Review: Dexter Gordon and Woody Shaw — From Out of the Past

October 24, 2018
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These albums, featuring Woody Shaw and Dexter Gordon, are illuminating to listen to side by side.

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