Pianist Denis Kozhukhin does right by Brahms and an all-Saint-Saens disc that, at its best, is a winner.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMGustavo Dudamel takes over the reins of the Vienna Philhamronic's annual New Year's concert; a disc of chamber music by Andre Previn.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:42PMBMOP releases a fitting, moving tribute to a giant of contemporary music; Johannes Moser turns in a sweeping performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AMOdyssey Opera’s first commercially-released album is a fun showcase; BMOP delivers an excellent performance of Four Saints in Three Acts.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMKen Thomson's Restless doesn't hide from dark places or things; Oberlin Orchestra does right by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMJerusalem Quartet's Bartók is more elegant than hard-edged; Heath Quartet's Tchaikovsky is vigorous and sweeping.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:06PMAdam Schoenberg is also one of the most widely-performed living composers of orchestral music; in fact, he’s among the top-ten in that category.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMCameron Carpenter played the Terry Riley composition commandingly.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:33AMLara Downes' America Again is a great album, and one with multiple layers of meaning.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMThree CD reviews, including a disc featuring Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, and Jeremy Denk teaming up to play less-than-barn-burning favorites by Brahms.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMPicks for the top live classical performances of 2016. Feel free to agree, disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:18AMMason Bates' music isn’t afraid to smile. If it doesn’t always run deep, it’s at least always engaging and pleasant to encounter.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:12AMAmong the three CDs reviewed is a particular treat -- a new recording that really, truly matters.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:18PMI’ve been most impressed by the manner in which these composers, in these works, took strong moral and/or political stands.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:06AMThe biggest musical takeaway was the sheer brilliance of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's playing, which is the gold standard.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:48PMThese BSO concerts, conducted by Thomas Adès, were the culminating event in his impressive first season.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:03PMGH's best playing of the day was edgy: a little rough around the edges, yes, but still punchy and vibrant.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AM"Playing these standard pieces on period instruments is a little bit like reading a novel or poem in its original language."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:06PMFor recorded sound, for brilliance of orchestral execution, and for interpretive concept, Janowski is one of the 21st century’s best Wagnerians.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:04PMConductor Benjamin Zander and his band were at their collective best performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:25AMThe Library of America volumes of Virgil Thomson’s writings will help reestablish him as one of the 20th century’s preeminent musical scribes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:55AMThe BMOP's opening concert featured the group succeeding at an important part of its mission: to perform unfairly overlooked American music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:31PMThe intellectual and emotional intelligence of the docket stands as a conspicuous example of exemplary programmatic creativity.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:56PMMark-Anthony Turnage's Frieze is, without a doubt, one of the major symphonic scores of our century.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:20AMTo speak with Jörg Widmann is to encounter a mind furiously at work and aware of his craft as viewed through the lens of Western history.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:46AMThe Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:31PMCalixto Bieito’s vision – even if it’s not quite as racy as advertised – comes off better than any new canonical production of the BLO's I've seen recently.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMThe disc offers a rewarding look at the work of four local composers and also showcases the members of Radius Ensemble in a warm, winning light.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:22PMFor my money, the biggest star on Friday night turned out to be none other than Antonin Dvořák.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:20AMIn the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:13AM"Would I love to do these big operas in Symphony Hall? Yes. When I feel like I’ve got two-thousand people to attend, I’ll move over to Symphony Hall."
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