Mason Bates

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.

Mason Bates’ music isn’t afraid to smile. If it doesn’t always run deep, it’s at least always engaging and pleasant to encounter.

Feel free to disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc. Above all, enjoy!

Jan Mancuso May 25, 2022 at 2:46 pm on Concert Review: Joe Jackson at the Shubert Theatre — A Restlessly Creative Artist at the Peak of his PowersSo envious of those who have seen and will see & hear Joe on this tour. He’s a favorite musician...
Joan Lancourt May 25, 2022 at 1:55 pm on Theater Review: “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” — Bearing the WeightSadly, David Greenham and I must have seen different plays. Banal (i.e. lacking in originality or freshness; trite and predictable)...
Jana Mestecky May 25, 2022 at 1:52 pm on Theater Commentary: Burnt NortonThank you, thank you, thank you. From one of the Times Nine.
Bill Marx, Editor of The Arts Fuse May 25, 2022 at 9:10 am on Arts Commentary: Getting ‘em in the DoorHere is an Azenberg sentiment, quoted in the New York Theatre article, that struck me: "We don’t have an agreed...
Mickey May 25, 2022 at 8:38 am on Television Review: “Ozark” — Nowhere to Go But Down“Ozark supplied some vital, if depressing insights, about what liberal Americans really value: money and power,” Seriously? Libs value money...