436 stories by "Jonathan Blumhofer"
The Library of America volumes of Virgil Thomson's writings will help reestablish him as one of the 20th century's preeminent musical scribes.
The BMOP's opening concert featured the group succeeding at an important part of its mission: to perform unfairly overlooked American music.
The intellectual and emotional intelligence of the docket stands as a conspicuous example of exemplary programmatic creativity.
Mark-Anthony Turnage's Frieze is, without a doubt, one of the major symphonic scores of our century.
To 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.
The Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that's simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.
Calixto 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.
The 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.
For my money, the biggest star on Friday night turned out to be none other than Antonin Dvořák.
In 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.
"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."
Three CDs from musicians to be reckoned with.
New CDs from three outstanding musicians: pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, violinist Arabella Steinbacher, and cellistMaya Beiser.
The Chiara Quartet has recorded a series of gritty, compelling takes on Bartók's seminal group of quartets.
Spectrum is a stylish, intelligent, and enjoyable disc played by a couple of musicians from whom we can expect big things.
There's a lot of music by Christopher Rouse to appreciate, ponder, puzzle over, and study in what we've got here.
Hilmes' fascination with Liszt's public notoriety stands front-and-center in this biographical effort.
Arts and entertainment are one and the same, so the thinking goes, both trivial " or at least way down the pecking order when it comes to things that are genuinely important.
Jean-Guihen Queyras wraps up a Schumann concerto trilogy in style, pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton play with panache and color.
A superior classical music concept album, a reminder of how smart and sturdy Johan Strauss's music can be..
That Shostakovich left such a musical testament is, in its own way, miraculous; and it continues to speak to us with immediacy and power.
One takeaway from the concert: music can be forward-looking and even provocative without being off-putting and ugly.
An album of Brahms lieder from two musicians in their prime: Christoph Eschenbach and Matthias Goerne.
This Grand Harmonie program is a survey of both the mainstream and wildly experimental uses of early brass instruments.
Overall, with Transitions Michael Nicolas proves himself a major cellist of his generation.
