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Isabelle Faust

Classical CD Review: Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Berg

Michael Tilson Thomas proves he’s got Alban Berg’s style in his blood; Pablo Heras-Casado’s Mendelssohn symphony cycle continues to be stylish.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alban Berg, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Michael Tilson Thomas, Pablo Heras-Casado, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

CD Reviews: “Op. 2” and Faust/Melnikov’s Franck & Chausson

Violinist Sebastian Bohren’s album is uneven; violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov have produced a wonder.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, RCA Red Seal, Sebastian Bohren

Commentary: Top Classical Recordings of 2016

I make no claims to have listened to everything released in 2016; here are my picks for the top classical recordings of the year.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Bartok By Heart, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Rouse, Dawn to Dust, Ensemble Pygmalion, Fresh Paint, Hans Abrahamsen, Isabelle Faust, John Adams, let me tell you, Mason Bates, Michael Nicolas, Missa solemnis, Mozart’s Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Pietro Mascagni, Radius Ensemble, Rhinemaidens, Sheherezade.2, The Chiara String Quartet, Thierry Fischer, Transitions, Under Stalin's Shadow, Works for Orchestra, Zanetto

CD Reviews: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 1 and Mozart Violin Concertos plus Wagner Overtures & Preludes

For recorded sound, for brilliance of orchestral execution, and for interpretive concept, Janowski is one of the 21st century’s best Wagnerians.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Harmonia Mundi, Il Giardino Armonico and Antonini, Isabelle Faust, Marek Janowski, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Pablo Heras-Casado, Pentatone, Winter Daydreams

Fuse Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra plays Berg and Shostakovich

Andris Nelsons drew playing from the BSO that reveled in Alban Berg’s sense of color and musical drama.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Isabelle Faust

Classical Music Album Review: Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov play Brahms

Just about anything Isabelle Faust touches these days is gold – she’s one of the finest violinists out there

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust

Classical CD Reviews: John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” (SFS Media); Alexander Melnikov plays Schumann (Harmonia mundi)

John Adams’ Absolute Jest is a sheer blast of fun, wildly inventive and, at its best, a vertiginous collage.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Absolute Jest, Alexander Melnikov, Freiburger Barockorchester, Grand Pianola Music, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, John Adams, Robert Schumann, San Francisco Symphony, SFS Media productions, Synergy Vocals

Classical CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Schumann and the Dmitri Ensemble plays Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies

Listening to Isabelle Faust’s performance of Schumann’s Violin Concerto I wondered why the piece has remained on the fringes of the repertoire for so long.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Dmitri Ensemble, Freiburger Barockorchester, Graham Ross, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pablo Heras-Casado, Robert Schumann, Rudolf Barshai, Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies, Violin Concerto

CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Bartók; Wolfgang Rihm’s Symphonie “Nähe fern”; Tokyo String Quartet plays Dvorak and Smetana; Thea Musgrave’s Chamber Works for Oboe (Harmonia Mundi)

A round-up review of new releases from Harmonia Mundi — an invigorating crop of albums.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: CD, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Nicholas Daniel, Symphonie “Nähe fern”, Thea Musgrave, Tokyo String Quartet, Wolfgang Rihm

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