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What feels absent in Bruce Norris’s “Domesticated” is some sort of moral center to its familiarly skewed, down sliding spiral of relationships.
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Sir Simon Rattle’s latest traversal of Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is something special; Pianist Aurélien Pontier’s stylish disc is a celebration of the music of fin de siècle Vienna.
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This is an album of real spirit and vigor, a mix of the thoughtful and the exciting, all bracingly recorded.
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James McMurtry’s Facebook page describes him as “Steadily Shedding Fans Since 1989.”
Read MoreDavid Ferry’s voice is quiet but never shirks. It admits directly and indirectly that the world is a perplexing place.
Read More“It’s Fine By Me” is the story of so many lost boys in literature, who run, who rebel, who are crushed, or luckily find their way.
Read MoreA new disc of music by Martin Schlumpf, one of the leading figures in Swiss contemporary music whose career focuses on “the borderlands between improvisation and composition.”
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Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony have ways of digging into the music and providing new perspectives on it such that their recordings are, by and large, can’t-miss events.
Read MoreThe conceit of this disc is both nostalgic and old-fashioned.
Read MoreSoprano Elizabeth Watts’ voice is as clear as crystal in every musical context and texture.
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Arts Commentary & CD Reviews: On The Kennedy Center, Ben Folds, & Gustav Mahler