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Gustav-Mahler

Classical CD Reviews: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ and Mozart/Bach Adagios & Fugues (Harmonia mundi), Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 (Avie Records)

Three reviews of new classical music CDs: one is inviting, another lively, and the last could use more intensity.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Avie records, Cuarteto Casals, Gilbert Kaplan Rob Mathes, Gustav-Mahler, Harmonia Munid, Resurrection, Second Symphony, Seven Last Words, Wiener Kammerorchester, Wiener Singakademie

Classical News: Tanglewood and Mahler’s 3rd Symphony — Under Extreme Conditions

Gustav Mahler’s 3rd Symphony as performed on the opening weekend at Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony and choruses under the direction of Rafael Frubeck De Burgos was a triumph of both interpretive and technical performance.

By: Ron Barnell Filed Under: Classical Music, Fuse News, Music Tagged: BSO, Gustav-Mahler, Rafael Frubeck De Burgos, Ron Barnell, Tanglewood

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Zander at Sanders Theater

In the slow third movement, Mr. Zander, the BPO, and the Symphony seemed to really be in sync: the music breathed, sighed, sang, and unfolded at a natural pace that brought out the best in everybody.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Gustav-Mahler, The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Music Commentary: What Are the BSO Trustees Thinking?

I’ve been going to BSO Open Rehearsal for some 50 years at Tanglewood and can’t remember ever having as alienating an experience as I and over one thousand other attendees had Wednesday night at Symphony Hall.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Culture Vulture, Gustav-Mahler, James Levine, Open Rehearsals

Classical Music Review: Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Resurrected

By Caldwell Titcomb Conductor Benjamin Zander celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Boston Philharmonic and his 70th birthday. The two greatest post-Brahms symphonists – Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius – were markedly unalike. In 1907 their paths happened to cross in Helsinki, and they had several conversations. When the talk turned to the essence of […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Featured, Music Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston-Philharmonic, Caldwell-Titcomb, Featured, Gustav-Mahler, Jean-sibelius, Music, Ressurrection-symphony

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