6 days ago · The Classical Review was founded in March 2010 by music critic Lawrence A. Johnson to establish a single, one-stop online source for classical music coverage.

6 days ago · Tis the season for musical marathons, at least in New England. A little more than a week after the Boston Symphony Orchestra wrapped its survey of the complete Beethoven symphonies, the Celebrity Series brought Seong-Jin Cho to Symphony Hall to present all of Maurice Ravel’s solo piano works.

5 days ago · Mary Elizabeth Williams stars in the world premiere of Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane, presented by Opera Lafayette Monday night. Photo: Jennifer Packard/Opera Lafayette In most seasons Opera Lafayette unearths works lost to time. For its latest offering, the group’s mission aligned with that of ...

Dec 5, 2023 · The Classical Review was founded in March 2010 by music critic Lawrence A. Johnson to establish a single, one-stop online source for classical music coverage.

Nov 25, 2024 · Love was in the air Saturday night at Carnegie Hall, as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by its chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä, cast its penetrating spotlight on two late-Romantic works rooted in forbidden passion.

Jan 21, 2025 · One encounters a full Book of Claude Debussy’s Préludes infrequently in concert, the piano works usually played in small groupings. Rarer still is the opportunity to hear all 24 of Debussy’s Préludes in a single sitting. Jean-Yves Thibaudet performed Debussy’s complete Préludes Sunday ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The Classical Review was founded in March 2010 by music critic Lawrence A. Johnson to establish a single, one-stop online source for classical music coverage.

Nov 17, 2024 · Petrenko brought Korngold’s symphony on his last U.S. tour with the Berliners, and he has clear affection for this music, shaping a gorgeous gauzy opening to the second movement and marshaling blasts of brassy exuberance during the finale. If, in the final analysis, this concerto lacks a cohesive musical argument, it boasts a ton of gorgeous moments, and Beilman and the orchestra made the ...

Jan 4, 2025 · As the fedora-hatted archaeologist was lowered into the Egyptian temple to begin the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Verdi’s Aida Tuesday night, he took a tumble while disengaging from his rope.. That was only the first misstep in a new production that already had the misfortune to follow a legend, and then came up with few reasons to do so.

Apr 25, 2024 · There’s nothing like making up for lost time. That, on the one hand, is what the Bamberg Symphony did in their first Celebrity Series concert since 1983, delivering one of the meatiest—and most canon-centric—programs of the season …