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Thomas Ades

Concert Review: Conductor Thomas Adès Takes The Boston Symphony Orchestra To Hell and Back

Conductor and composer Thomas Adès brought more of his intriguing music to Symphony Hall this weekend with two selections from his recent ballet, The Dante Project.

By: Aaron Keebaugh Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Danielle de Niese, Edgaras Montvidas, Thomas Ades

Classical Album Review: Thomas Adès’s Tuneful “Märchentänze”

As the composer moves from youth to middle age, Thomas Adès is unique among his contemporaries for his singular embrace of melody, harmony, and form.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Märchentänze, Ondine, Pekka Kuusisto, Thomas Ades

Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven Symphonies, Part 2 – Seiji Ozawa conducts the Seventh, François-Xavier Roth Leads the Fifth, and Thomas Adès conducts Beethoven & Barry

Seiji Ozawa’s Symphony no. 7 and Leonore Overture no. 3 offers a memorable blend of color, atmosphere, purpose, and soul; François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles serve up a satisfactory, period-instrument Symphony no. 5; Thomas Adès’ take on Beethoven is concentrated and energetic, if a bit impersonal.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Signum Classics, Thomas Ades

Classical CD Reviews: A Roundup of Beethoven Symphonies

Evaluations of a smorgasbord of Beethoven symphony recordings.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Akademie für Alte Music Berlin, Beethoven, Britten Sinfonia, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gerald Barry, Harmonia Mundi, MusicAeterna, Pablo Heras-Casado, Signum Classics, Sony Classical, Teodor Currentzis, Thomas Ades, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Classical CD Reviews: Philip Glass, “Music in Eight Parts,” Thomas Adès, “In Seven Days,” and Anna Clyne, “Dance”

Music in Eight Parts is a welcome and inviting addition to the Philip Glass canon; the Summer of Thomas Adès continues with a stirring new recording of the British composer’s keyboard work; Anna Clyne’s Dance is, without a doubt, one of the finest pieces I’ve heard this year.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Anna Clyne, Avie, Inbal Segev, Kirill Gerstein, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin-Alsop, Music in 8 Parts, Myrios, Orange Mountain Music, Philip Glass, Thomas Ades

Classical CD Reviews: Thomas Adès’ Piano Works, “Ecstatic Science,” and Michael Gordon’s “Anonymous Man”

Thomas Adès is a formidable pianist and his output for his native instrument is fundamentally gripping; yMusic’s new album is a spectacularly-played and -recorded disc; Michael Gordon’s Anonymous Man is undeniably hypnotic but gets stuck in a loop that goes on for a mite too long.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Anonymous Man, Cantalope, Ecstatic Science, Han Chen, Michael Gordon, Naxos, New Amsterdam, Thomas Ades

Classical CD Reviews: Thomas Adès’s Orchestral Works, Aaron Copland’s Symphony no. 3, and Leonard Bernstein’s “Songfest”

A terrific release showcases the Boston Symphony Orchestra and composer Thomas Adès. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony deliver a radiantly honest recording of Aaron Copland’s Symphony 3.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Aaron-Copland, Deutsche Grammophon, Kirill Gerstein, Leonard Berstein, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, Naxos, SFS Media, Songfest, Thomas Ades, Totentanz

Classical CD Reviews: Finley & Drake’s “Schwanengesang,” Bostridge & Adès’ “Winterreise,” Meglioranza & Uchida’s “Die schöne Müllerin”

Reviews of three superior vocal recordings, featuring baritone Gerald Finley, tenor Ian Bostridge, and baritone Thomas Meglioranza.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: CD Baby, Gerald Finley, Hyperion, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake, Pentatone, Reiko Uchida, Thomas Ades, Thomas Meglioranza, Winterreise

Classical Concert Review: Thomas Adès conducts Liszt, Adès, and Tchaikovsky

The BSO recently announced an extension to artistic partner Thomas Adès’s contract. It is lucky to have him. So are the rest of us.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Ades

Concert Review: Thomas Adès conducts Britten, Sibelius, and Adès

These BSO concerts, conducted by Thomas Adès, were the culminating event in his impressive first season.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Thomas Ades, Totencrantz

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