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Francois-Xavier Roth

February Short Fuses — Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: A Little Prayer, and Spain, Andrea Riseborough, Angus MacLachlan, Anna Diop, Celia Weston, David Strathairn, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Decent People, Dhafer Youssef, Food, Francois-Xavier Roth, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, Hank Willis Thomas, Hélène Jawhara Piñer, Jews, Jonathan Blumhofer, Laura Mora Ortega, Les Nuits de Paris, Les Siècles, Nanny, Nikki Giovanni, Nikyatu Jusu, Street Of Minarets, Susan Miron, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Embrace, The Kings of the World, The Sixth Decade from Paris to Paris, To Leslie, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

August Short Fuses – Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Andrew Staples, Booker Little, Candid Records, Capella Amsterdam, Charles Mingus Presents, Climate Change, Coach House Books, Daniel Reuss, David Lang, Dream States: Smart Cities, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, How to Live at the End of the World, Jon Garelick, Jonathan Blumhofer, Mark Favermann, Much Ado About Nothing, Out Front, Pentatone, Sasha Ray, Semyon Bychkov, Shakespeare & Company, Stanford University Press, Steve Provizer, Technologies and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias, Travis Holloway, Wedding Season

Opera Album Review: Saint-Saëns’s Opera about a Little Silver Bell Works Its Magic

The world-premiere recording of a first rate production of a brilliant, fantastical opera, unstaged and unheard since 1914.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Bru Zane, Francois-Xavier Roth, Le timbre d’argent, Ralph P. Locke, Saint-Saëns, The Silver Bell

Classical CD Reviews: Mariss Jansons’s “The Final Concert,” Ravel & Debussy Orchestral Works, and “Tudor Queens”

Mariss Jansons’ ultimate performance, taped live at Carnegie Hall, shows the maestro at the top of his game; François-Xavier Roth’s new recording of pieces by Ravel and Debussy is a bit of a hit-or-miss affair; Diana Damrau’s Tudor Queens, a survey of heroines from three Donizetti operas, is nothing short of terrific.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BR Klassik, Diana Damrau, Erato, Francois-Xavier Roth, LSO Live, Mariss Jansons

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth and Schumann, Herbert Blomstedt and Brahms, and Daniel Barenboim and Elgar

Françoix-Xavier Roth delivers a must-have cycle of Robert Schumann’s symphonies; Herbert Blomstedt’s Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 is spacious, restrained, and – too often – dull; Daniel Barenboim’s latest Elgar installment features a regrettably unsung masterpiece.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Daniel Barenboim, Decca, Francois-Xavier Roth, Herbert Blomstedt, Myrios Classics, Pentatone

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth conducts Mussorgsky and Ravel, Manfred Honeck conducts Tchaikovsky and Leshnoff, and Mikolajus Čiurlionis Orchestral Works

François-Xavier Roth and his period ensemble Les Siècles serve up freshness of playing and conviction of interpretation; Manfred Honeck is a conductor who can draw compelling, electrifying accounts of the standard canon as if on cue; the verdict’s mixed on the music of Lithuanian-born composer Mikalojus Čiurlionis.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Jonathan Leshnoff, Les Siècles, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Mikalojus Čiurlionis, Mondestas Pitrenas, Ondine, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Reference Recordings

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth conducts Mahler, Mariss Jansons conducts Schumann & Schubert, and Daniel Lippel plays Steve Reich

François-Xavier Roth’s Mahler offers plenty of personality and ideas; there’s nothing on Mariss Jansons’ disc that’s really worth your time; guitarist Daniel Lippel draws out Steve Reich’s lyrical qualities.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BR Klassik, Daniel Lippel, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Mariss Jansons, New Focus Recordings

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth conducts Mahler 3 and Benjamin Zander conducts Mahler 9

Benjamin Zander conducts a conspicuously fine Mahler Nine; François-Xavier Roth’s new account of Mahler’s Symphony no. 3 proffers nothing particularly special.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Brattle Media, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi

Classical CD Reviews: Shades of Debussy at 100

An impressive collection of nine new releases (seven of which are reviewed here). While some might not displace the classic recordings of Debussy already out there, this gathering offers some welcome and fresh interpretive contrasts.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alain Planès, Alexander Melnikov, Claude Debussy, Eugene Asti, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Javier Perianes, Jerusalem Quartet, Les Siècles, Nikolai Lugansky, Sophie Karthäuser, Stéphane Degout

Classical CD Reviews: Gardner’s Elgar, Francois-Xavier Roth’s Ravel, and Orchestral Music by Ruggles, Stucky, and Harbison

Strong discs from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Xavier Roth and his Paris-based period-instrument ensemble Les Siècles, and the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, an ad-hoc summer orchestra comprised of some of the U.S.’s finest conservatory musicians.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chandos, Edward Gardner, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, Ravel

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