Review: Henze: The Raft of the Medusa (SWR Symphonieorchester/Péter Eötvös)
Second recording of Henze’s oratorio worth the wait.
February 25, 2020
Review: Schubert: Winterreise (Peter Mattei, Lars David Nilsson)
Wind from the north – Peter Mattei delivers a frosty winter’s journey.
February 25, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 9 (Jonathan Biss)
A fine, felt, forcibly argued finish to a ripely individual survey.
February 25, 2020
Review: Roger Smalley: Piano, vocal and chamber music (Fiebig, Davie)
A dose of Smalley proves less can be considerably more.
February 25, 2020
Review: American Rage (Conrad Tao)
Rising American star asks can classical music be political?
February 25, 2020
Review: Roy Agnew: Piano Music (Stephanie McCallum)
A once-acclaimed composer gets his overdue recognition.
February 25, 2020
Review: Bach: The Six Partitas (Angela Hewitt)
A Bach keyboard masterpiece yields dazzling results.
February 19, 2020
Review: Muhly, Glass: Unexpected News (Omega Ensemble/Hamilton)
Glass and his apprentice conjure up some minimalist magic.
February 19, 2020
Review: From Belcanto To Jazz: 150 Years Of Opera Phantasies (Volker Reinhold, Ralph Zedler)
Reinhold’s fiddle drags the opera fantasia into the 20th century.
February 19, 2020
Review: The Mathilde Album (Quatuor Arod, Elsa Dreisig)
Quatuor Arod tackle the Second Viennese School.
February 19, 2020
Review: Bryce Dessner: Tenebre (Moses Sumney, Ensemble Resonanz)
New drones, same as the old drones in Dessner string works.
February 19, 2020
Review: Tchaikovsky • Babajanian: Piano Trios (Gluzman, Moser, Sudbin)
Stellar trio illuminate Tchaikovsky and more.
February 19, 2020
Review: Time & Eternity (Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Camerata Bern)
Pat Kop delivers concertos for strangled scream and orchestra.
February 13, 2020