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Riccardo Muti

November Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Allen Michie, Angela-Hewitt, BR Klassik, Bright Shiny Things, Glenn, Glenn Rifkin, Hannah Collins, Hannah Kendall, Henry Beston, Huntington Theater Company, Hyperion, Joann Green Breuer, Jonathan Blumhofer, Lisa Fischer, Love songs, Phoenix, Resonance Line, Resonance Lines, Riccardo Muti, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Stewart Goodyear, Susan Miron, The Outermost House, Witch

Classical CD Review: Vienna Philharmonic’s 2021 New Year’s Concert

The VPO’s performance doesn’t want for energy or purpose because of the lack of a crowd. Rather, there seems to be an internal imperative to the ensemble’s music-making that isn’t always apparent at these events.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: New Year’s Concert, Riccardo Muti, Sony Classical, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical CD Reviews: Luciano Berio’s Coro, Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass,” and Shostakovich’s “Babi Yar”

The relative infrequency of big Berio releases makes new recordings of his major works into significant, contemporary music events; Dennis Russell Davies’ new recording of Bernstein’s Mass is done in by lax vocals and a paucity of emotional consistency; Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra supply a great Shostakovich Thirteenth Symphony.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Bis, Capriccio, CSO Resound, Dennis Russell Davies, Riccardo Muti

Music Feature: Notable Classical Recordings of 2014

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

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: “The Brooklyn Rider Almanac”, “The Law of Mosaics” (Crier Records), All Set, Angels and Watermarks, Anna Clyne, Ballet Mécanique (BMOP/Sound), Become Ocean (Cantaloupe), Beethoven Odyssey vol. 1-3, Carl Nielsen, City Noir/Saxophone Concerto (Nonesuch), George Antheil, Howard Hersh, James Brawn, John Coolidge Adams, John Harbison, John Luther Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Mason Bates, Masterpieces in Miniature, Milton Babbitt, Riccardo Muti, String Trio, Symphonies nos. 1 and 4, The Gospel According to the Other Mary (Deutsche Grammophon), West Side Story (SFS Media)

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