A Bald Mezzo And Three Shades Of Violin: Classical Favorites From 2012
From mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli's ambitious revival of the early Baroque composer Agostino Stefani (and yes, she's got another outrageous album cover) to three very different roles for the violin,...
View ArticleSoprano Lisa Della Casa, Strauss And Mozart Specialist, Dies At 93
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View ArticleMusicians Remember Elliott Carter
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View ArticleOutspoken Russian Diva And Muse Galina Vishnevskaya Dies At 86
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View ArticleCelebrating The (Increasingly Rare) Classical Christmas Album
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View ArticleFond Farewells: Classical Musicians We Lost in 2012
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View ArticleIn January's Drought, Three Albums Worth Waiting For
In high season, as many as two dozen albums appear in my mail bin each week. But in the first weeks of any new year, new releases are a rarity. That means patiently waiting for 2013's first intriguing...
View ArticleEchoes Of 2012: A Classical Music Quiz
While the new year is still fresh, let's take a look in the rearview mirror at some of the noteworthy happenings in the classical music world. Were you listening last year? See if you remember the big,...
View ArticleSymphonic Resolutions: What's On Your Classical Music Wish List?
Are you the type to make New Year's resolutions? They're easy to make, but tough to keep — at least when it comes to your own. So how about brainstorming a few resolutions that are a little less...
View ArticleWho Needs Drugs When You've Got Music?
It happened again last Saturday. And boy, when it hit me it felt great — though it left me a little shaken.Comfortably ensconced in row Q at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, I was enjoying a...
View ArticleObama's 'Hope And Virtue' Distilled In A Song
On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African-American president of the United States. And Monday, President Obama will be sworn in again — this time on a most auspicious day, the...
View ArticleMusical Google Earth: Composer Paul Moravec's Sense of Place
"Location, location, location" is the mantra of real estate, but for centuries geographical locales have also been a boon to the imagination of many a composer. Think of Tchaikovsky, who mimicked the...
View ArticleLive Jan. 27: Reneé Fleming And Susan Graham At Carnegie Hall
No one would mistake Carnegie Hall's grand 2,800-seat Isaac Stern Auditorium for a cozy Parisian salon. But soprano Reneé Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will do their best to conjure such an...
View ArticleA Little Part Of Poulenc In All Of Us
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View ArticleCantus: Tiny Desk Concert
Is there some kind of weird vocal vortex in Minnesota? The state turns out so many excellent choral groups — at the school, church and professional levels — that it can arguably be dubbed the choral...
View ArticleMax Richter In Concert: Reimagining Vivaldi
Can't take another moment of Vivaldi's ubiquitous Four Seasons? Neither could Max Richter, a London-based composer who deftly blurs the lines between the classical and electronic worlds.
View ArticleSubterranean Notes, The New Baroque And A Nod To Minnesota: Music We Love Now
From Christopher Purves' bottomless bass voice and the soaring Sibelius Fifth to a violist's new take on the Baroque, it's this week's list of albums we can't stop listening to. Got a favorite album...
View ArticleMeasures Of Affection: Five Musical Love Letters
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View ArticleNordic Symphonies And A $100 Guitar: Music We Love Now
Turn your ears toward three albums now tickling ours: clever Nielsen, glowing Finland and one battered electric guitar.
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