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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

Classical CD Review: Michael Nicolas’ “Transitions” (Sono Luminus)

Overall, with Transitions Michael Nicolas proves himself a major cellist of his generation.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Anna Thorvaldsdottir, cellist, Cello Counterpoint, Flexura, Jamie E. Oliver la Rosa, Mario Davidovsky, Michael Nicolas, Sono Luminus, Steve-Reich, Synchronism no. 3, Transitions

Fuse Music Review — The New World Jazz Composers Octet: Big Ideas, Small Boxes

With musicians of the NWJCO’s caliber, there never was a question that the music would be performed well in concert. It’s more that, after living with this repertoire for almost a year, the players took greater possession of the music and made it more their own, even in performance of the written material. By Steve […]

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Jazz, Music Tagged: Berklee College of Music, Daniel Ian Smith, New World Jazz Composers Octet, Steve Elman, Transitions

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