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Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Herbert von Karajan: Live in Berlin 1953 to 1969

The frisson of live concerts ensures this unmissable Karajan set takes flight.

March 11, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Catriona Morison, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Pueri gaudentes, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov)

A Mahler Three persuasively cast as a slow-turning kaleidoscope.

March 10, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Preludes (Jan Lisiecki)

Lisiecki weaves a fascinating trajectory through one of music's most enduring genres.

March 7, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: My Place (Crux Duo)

Great chemistry and plenty of charm as new duo makes its debut.

March 5, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Haydn: Die Schöpfung (Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Bruns, Christian Gerhaher, Symphonie-Orchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Simon Rattle)

Munich’s worldclass forces make Rattle’s Creation one for the ages.

March 3, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Poema 1: Ad Astra (Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley)

Strauss’s mighty tone poems prove fertile ground in contemporary Canada.

February 28, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Waley-Cohen: Spell Book (Manchester Collective)

A magical musical experience to enchant and bewitch.

February 26, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: De Nebra: Venus y Adonis (Paola Valentina Molinari, Jone Martíne, Los Elementos, Alberto Miguélez Rouco)

Three centuries after its premiere, a little-known Spanish opera gets a hearing.

February 24, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel)

Thibaudet’s charm-filled Khachaturian is authoritative and decorative in equal parts.

February 21, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Orff: Carmina Burana (Zürcher Sing-Akadamie, Zürcher Sängerknaben, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi)

Järvi fuels Orff’s one-off wonder with visceral energy.

February 19, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Beethoven/Schubert (Josh Hooke)

Audacious debut signals arrival of Melbourne pianist Josh Hooke.

February 17, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Weldon: The Judgment of Paris (Academy of Ancient Music, Julian Perkins)

Prize-winning opera turns out to be a winner after all.

February 15, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Dreamcatcher (James McVinnie)

McVinnie puts contemporary cool into the pipe organ.

February 13, 2025

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