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Classical Music Album Review: Mahler’s Fifth, Without Urgency

June 30, 2026
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Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a polished but curiously inert reading of a symphonic powerhouse.

Classical Album Review: “Shostakovich Discoveries” — Music That Fell Through the Cracks

August 26, 2025
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This collection of ten items by the Soviet-era great manages to be more than a parade of mere curiosities.

Classical Music Album Reviews: Ravel/Bach and Bruch & Korngold Violin Concertos

June 19, 2025
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Pianist Yeol Eum Son is more than up to the demands of J.S. Bach and Maurice Ravel; violinist Bomsori brings exquisite balances and shimmering sonority to Bruch and Korngold.

Classical Music Album Review: Paganini “Caprices”

May 25, 2025
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The story of this album is that violinist María Dueñas enters as a star but emerges as a brilliant and preternaturally thoughtful artist.

Classical Album Review: The BSO — Shostakovich, Complete Concertos

May 20, 2025
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Some unfortunate misfires in a collection that, otherwise, has a lot going for it.

Classical Albums Reviews: Seong-Jin Cho and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Play Ravel

March 21, 2025
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A pair of pleasant traversals of the French master’s complete piano music, or thereabout, from the still-relative-newcomer Seong-Jin Cho and the established Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Classical Album Review: Pianist Daniil Trifonov’s Brilliant and Stylish “My American Story – North”

January 23, 2025
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The keyboard wizard’s latest album both continues a trend of expansive projects that take the long view and celebrates the decade-plus the virtuoso has resided in the United States. It is a blast.

Classical Album Reviews: Two Pianists — George Li’s “Movements” and Bruce Liu’s “Waves”

August 7, 2024
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George Li’s latest release showcases a budding artist with a growing command of musical structure, technique, and character; Bruce Liu’s got the measure of Erik Satie’s music — next time, perhaps, he can take on more of it.

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 Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich

November 21, 2023
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The final installment in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’ s Shostakovich symphonies series is not nearly as overwhelming as its kick-off disc.

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