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Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Ravel: The Piano Concertos (Seong-Jin Cho, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons)

Elegant pianism draws these fragments into a compelling exploration.

May 12, 2025
Classical Music, News
news

MSO Cybec conductor Tanglewood bound

2025 is shaping up as a big one for rising conductor Leonard Weiss as he works towards his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

February 6, 2025
Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Colin Davis and Michael Tilson Thomas on top form

Magnificent music-making from a pair of all-rounders.

November 14, 2024
Classical Music
news

Tributes flow for Seiji Ozawa

Musicians and orchestral organisations worldwide remember Seiji Ozawa as a pioneering talent and "a joyful, kind, caring human being".

February 12, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 (Matthias Goerne, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus/Andris Nelsons

Culmination to a distinguished cycle is more a collection of weaker links.

February 3, 2024
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: The Unreleased Masters (Jessye Norman, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra)

From Isolde to Cleopatra, Decca unearths treasures the artist thought should languish in the vaults. 

March 17, 2023
Chamber, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: What’s new on disc in May 2022

The big guns are out this month with box sets from Decca and DG, but other labels have plenty on offer, including an outstanding vocal recital from Nicky Spence.

April 26, 2022
Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Strauss Alliance (Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons)

Nelsons’ Strauss: distinguished, thoughtful, and superbly played.

April 20, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1, 14, 15 & Chamber Symphony (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons)

Fifth instalment in Nelsons' cycle continues sonic splendour of predecessors.

August 3, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: World Premiere of John Williams’ Violin Concerto No 2 (Tanglewood 2021, DG Stage)

Stars align for a stellar new work by an old master, composed for violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter.

July 27, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Adès Conducts Adès (Thomas Adès, Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Thomas Adès’s complex new works benefit from the master’s touch.

June 1, 2020
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 7 (Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons)

Nelsons’ triumphant Shostakovich series continues in a blaze of glory.

April 22, 2019
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra & Renée Fleming (Carnegie Hall)

Great expectations fulfilled in Andris Nelsons' Straussian music fest, despite the kerfuffle.

March 21, 2019

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