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Bridge Records

Listening During Covid, Part 12: Adventures in Ethnic and National Diversity

I am honestly puzzled by the casualness or, at times, ferocity with which some people nowadays reject classical music as inherently narrow or elitist.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Bridge Records, First Hand Records, Harmonia Mundi, Ieva Jokubaviciute, Itamar Zorman, order Crossing Choir and Instrumental Ensembles, Ralph P. Locke, Stella: Renaissance Gems and Their Reflections, Un Milagro de fe (A Miracle of Faith), Violin Odyssey, vol. 3

Opera Review: Pauline Viardot’s and Ivan Turgenev’s First-Rate Fairy Opera Rediscovered

Colorful, characterful, and full of worldly wisdom, The Last Sorcerer—by a skilled and imaginative composer, to a text by the great Russian novelist— receives a superb world-premiere recording, with Met mezzo Jamie Barton and bass-baritone Eric Owens.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Bridge Records, Ivan Turgenev, Le Dernier Sorcier, Pauline Viardot, Ralph P. Locke

Classical CD Review: Best Opera Recording of the Year — Or is it Best Musical?

None of the opera recordings I have reviewed this past year beats this Cradle for dramatic vitality, musical imagination, and ongoing political relevance.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Bridge Records, conducted by John Mauceri., Marc Blitzstein, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, The Cradle Will Rock

Classical CD Reviews: Pianist Andrew Cooperstock plays Leonard Bernstein and Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel”

If there’s an essential “Leonard Bernstein at 100” album, this one, so far, is it: excellent performances of relatively unknown music deserving to be heard.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andrew Cooperstock, Bridge Records, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel, Leonard Bernstein, Pentatone, Solo Piano Music

CD Reviews: Andrew Manze conducts Mendelssohn and Charles Wuorinen’s Eighth Symphony et al.

No orchestra in this country embraces the challenges of Charles Wuorinen’s hyper-intellectual style better than the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Andrew Manze, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bridge Records, Charles Wuorinen, James Levine, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Penatone, Peter Sirkin

Fuse CD Note: Pianist Gilbert Kalish — As Usual, Distinguished and Appealing Performances

Gilbert Kalish’s recital is as distinguished and appealing as one would expect.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Bridge Records, Classical Music, Gilbert Kalish, Haydn

Classical Music CD Review: A Shure Thing

Fans of classical piano should find this collection of performances by something of an institution around Boston a rare delight.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Bridge Records, Leonard Shure

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