Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons possesses a clear fondness for Slavic music and his Tchaikovsky performances in Boston have become can’t-miss events.
Andris Nelsons drew playing from the BSO that reveled in Alban Berg’s sense of color and musical drama.
The BSO had a well-deserved couple of weeks off following their late-summer tour of Europe, and they took some time to regain their sea-legs.
We’ll have to wait and see how Andris Nelsons balances things out. But there’s no reason to suspect that Boston’s getting the short end of the stick here.
This recording is the first of a partial Shostakovich cycle Andris Nelsons and the BSO are embarking upon.
The BSO’s Americana concert could only provide four beautiful snapshots of a very complicated landscape.
A series of new and recent recordings by Boston orchestras demonstrate that, in the right hands, symphonic music since 1945 remains alive and well, still powerful, fresh, and vibrant.
Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015
Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.
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