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Classical CD Reviews: The Tchaikovsky Project, Schumann Symphonies nos. 2 & 4, and Holst Orchestral Works

September 14, 2019
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Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic do justice to a lot of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral music, while John Eliot Gardiner and the London Symphony play Robert Schumann’s famously-dense orchestrations with clarity. But Michael Stern’s account of The Planets completely lacks mystery.

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Classical CD Reviews: Nancy Dalberg’s String Quartets, Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto, Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler

August 22, 2019
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Nancy Dalberg’s string quartets are worth getting to know, Wynton Marsalis’s violin concerto receives an electrifying performance, and Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue to churn out a less than necessary Mahler cycle.

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Classical CD Reviews: Hilary Hahn plays Bach and Sakari Oramo conducts Langgaard

October 29, 2018
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Hilary Hahn supplies a disc of immaculate Bach; conductor Sakari Oramo and the Vienna Philharmonic play music by Rued Langgaard to the hilt.

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Classical CD Review: A Superb Version of Leonard Bernstein’s “A Quiet Place”

July 13, 2018
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Garth Edwin Sunderland’s new chamber adaptation of this opera’s score, is, to date, the Bernstein Centennial Year’s best and most important recording.

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Classical CD Reviews: Leonidas Kavakos’ “Virtuoso,” Daniel Harding conducts Rameau and Berlioz, Ballet music by Roussel, Debussy, and Poulenc

August 31, 2016
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Three CDs from musicians to be reckoned with.

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Classical CD Reviews: Pygmalion’s “Rhinemaidens,” Johann Strauss’s “Der Zigeunerbaron,” and Aurora Orchestra’s “Introit”

June 12, 2016
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A superior classical music concept album, a reminder of how smart and sturdy Johan Strauss’s music can be..

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming Do Justice to Viennese Modernists; Jerusalem Quartet Play Beethoven String Quartets

August 29, 2015
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The Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming team up for one of the finest recordings of the year.

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