Review
Instead of living the life of James Bond, the spy hero of “Ghost Trail” copes with PTSD, the result of living in exile and surviving torture.
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There are reassuring lyrics here that suggest that, no matter what terror comes along, our noble charge is to fight to the end, joyously.
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Pianist Daniil Trifonov’s no stranger to playing Rachmaninoff with Nelsons and the BSO—they delivered a memorable outing of this very piano concerto in 2019—and, while Saturday’s traversal was periodically rusty, it built in spirit and tightness as the evening proceeded.
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On “hommages,” United Strings of Europe is technically secure, rhythmically precise, richly colored, and ever attuned to matters of nuance and spirit. Tchaikovsky’s output could be uneven, and this installment of Alpesh Chauhan’s continuing traversal of the Russian icon’s orchestral music with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is proof.
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The new “Portrait” package contains five hours of music by Bizet that is mostly unknown to music lovers and music lovers. Plus one of his best operas, a one-act written just before “Carmen”: 1872’s “Djamileh,” which is set in a harem.
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This is an auspicious feature debut, a doomsday thriller that touches on resonant topical issues.
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In a time when the work of scientists is itself endangered, these two picture books provide detailed and fascinating insights into how science helps us live in the modern world.
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In his new album, Terry Kitchen moves effortlessly through lilting songs of happiness and sadness.
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The planned variety of sounds and rhythms is the adroit work of a composer dedicated to both freedom and his own version of continuity.
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Neeme Järvi, true to his usual form, favors brisk tempos, which tend to keep things from getting bogged down in Wilhelm Furtwängler’s bog of a Symphony No.2; Nicholas Collon leads a stupendous recording of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5.
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