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Andris Nelsons

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Plays Shostakovich, Brahms, and Mackey

Under the baton of Andris Nelsons, a listless Boston Symphony Orchestra delivered flat renditions of works by Shostakovich and Brahms.

By: Aaron Keebaugh Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Baiba Skride, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey

Concert Review: Boston Symphony plays Williams, Bach, Montgomery, and Holst

Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds is a testament to her impressive compositional chops. Let’s have more from her here, and often.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Awadagin Pratt, Jessie Montgomery, John Williams, The Boston Symphony Orchestra

Classical Album Review: Conductor Andris Nelsons’s Over-Sweetened “Strauss”

This is a release that showcases many of Andris Nelsons’ strengths, including his strong sensitivity for instrumental colors, blends, and balances. At the same time, it also demonstrates the conductor’s hit-or-miss nature with the core repertoire.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Classical Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra plays Strauss and Mozart

Andris Nelsons’s conception of Strauss’s Tod und Verklärung was impressive, marked by strong contrasts of character, flexibility of phrasing, and a commendable grasp of musical space.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Christina and Michelle Naughton

Classical Album Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich

Interpretively, this installment in the BSO’s cycle of Dmitri Shostakovich’s fifteen symphonies is occasionally (and a bit surprisingly) spotty.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Deutsche Grammophon, Dmitri Shostakovich, Kristine Opolais

Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Performs Carlos Simon, Sibelius, and Dvorak

The orchestra’s summer home is operating at reduced capacity this season, but it’s wonderful to have the BSO and its public reunited.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Baiba Skride, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Concert Music Review: Andris Nelsons returns to the Boston Symphony

One can only hope that Gail Samuel’s hiring means that the BSO’s welcome-but-fitful efforts at expanding its repertoire and engaging the community of late will become central to its post-pandemic mission.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Caroline Shaw, Gail Samuel, Hannah Kendall, Iman Habibi, Music in Changing Times

Classical Music Commentary: The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 Season Announcement

If ever there was a season the BSO needed to put its right foot forward — balancing the core repertory with some strong steps outside of it — this is the one.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Classical Album Reviews: Andris Nelsons’ CBSO Recordings, and Mariss Jansons’ SACD Recordings

A collection that provides a fascinating bit of context for how Andris Nelsons has developed as a conductor over the last decade-plus, and an honest, mostly flattering, tribute to a much-loved conductor, the late Mariss Jansons.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, BR Klassik, ity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Orfeo

Classical CD Reviews: George Li plays Tchaikovsky, Jansons conducts Shostakovich, and Andris Nelsons conducts BSO premieres

Terrific, fiery playing from George Li, one of the most compelling young pianists on the scene; Mariss Jansons’ recording of Shostakovich’s Tenth trudges from start to finish; irrefutable proof of Andris Nelsons’ excellence as a new-music conductor.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, BR Klassik, George Li, Mariss Jansons, Naxos, Warner Classics

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