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Year-end CD Round-up, Part 2: Jurowski’s Tchaikovsky Symphonies, Strauss in St. Petersburg, Jasper Quartet’s “Unbound,” Walton Symphonies, and Howard Hersh’s Dancing at the Pink House

December 19, 2017
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Highlights include an excellent Tchaikovsky symphony cycle in modern sound and one of the year’s best chamber-music albums.

Classical Music Commentary: 2015-16 Orchestral Fall Season Preview

September 24, 2015
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It looks to be as rich, intense, and, hopefully, rewarding a season as we’ve seen in recent memory.

Film Feature: IFFB 2018 — Documentary Preview

April 27, 2018
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A wide-ranging slate of documentary features on display in this year’s Independent Film Festival Boston. Here’s a sampling of a few of the standout films coming up.

Fuse Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra plays Kancheli, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich

March 29, 2016
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Saturday’s performance revealed the BSO to be at the top of its collective game, totally locked in, and fully responsive to Andris Nelsons’ leading.

Classical Album Review: Alive and Conversational Performances of Mozart Symphonies

June 30, 2024
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Some solidly impressive Mozart — aside from the filler, fifteen minutes of mono-dynamic, schlocky medleys.

Classical CD Reviews: “Escales,” “Jeux de Miroirs,” and Liszt Symphonic Works

January 25, 2020
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John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London are one of the new decade’s most exciting partnerships; Javier Perianes’ album with the Orchestre de Paris is quite clever; Is Liszt’s music trash? The debate continues.

Fuse Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Night Gala

September 27, 2016
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No doubt many in Saturday’s well-dressed crowd came for the opportunity to hear that most appropriate of gala pianists, Lang Lang.

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opener — Johannes Brahms

September 23, 2013
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In conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, the BSO has one of its most trusted guests and thoughtful collaborators.

Classical Music Commentary: 2016 Orchestral Winter/Spring Season Preview

January 10, 2016
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The upcoming season is a remarkably robust one in terms of the variety of offerings and the quality (and number) of participating ensembles.

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra — Yo-Yo Ma plays Shostakovich

October 16, 2023
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A concert whose music served as a prayerful elegy for a world spinning out of control.

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