If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
RECORD KEEPING | Fairytales, Myths, And Renée Fleming AT Summer Night Concert 2017
By Paul E. Robinson on September 17, 2017
The Schönbrunn Palace provides a magical setting for Renée Fleming at The Summer Night Concert 2017 with the Vienna Philharmonic — conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.
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RECORD KEEPING | A Tale Of Two Composer Prodigies
By Paul E. Robinson on September 12, 2017
This CD is a tale of two cities' young composer prodigies: George Gershwin to our south, and Quebec's André Mathieu.
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RECORD KEEPING | Getting To Know The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Inside Out
By Paul E. Robinson on September 5, 2017
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg proposes a two-disc set to document their hall's inaugural concert, a felicitous capture.
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RECORD KEEPING | Simon Rattle's French Venture into London Symphony Orchestra Territory
By Paul E. Robinson on August 29, 2017
The conductor gives a taste of his upcoming tenure at the LSO, blending accessibility with imaginative programming and execution.
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RECORD KEEPING | Putting The Mariinsky Brand On A Russian Gem
By Paul E. Robinson on August 22, 2017
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre restore the sparkle to Rimsky-Korsakov, neatly packaged on their in-house recording label.
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RECORD KEEPING | Cataloguing Seiji Ozawa's Active Musical Legacy
By Paul E. Robinson on August 15, 2017
Still active at 83 as a conductor, Seiji Ozawa's musical activities are being actively documented and reissued as he goes.
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RECORD KEEPING | Ashkenazy A Split Musician In Recent Releases
By Paul E. Robinson on August 8, 2017
Two sides to Ashkenazy: how does he fare in his foray into Bach, put head-to-head with his latest Tchaikovsky collaboration with Esther Yoo?
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RECORD KEEPING | Riccardo Chailly Scales Mahler's Massive Eighth Symphony
By Paul E. Robinson on August 1, 2017
Riccardo Chailly pays homage to his mentor Claudio Abbado in a symbolic performance of Mahler's immense Eighth Symphony.
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RECORD KEEPING | Nézet-Séguin Takes On Mendelssohn
By Paul E. Robinson on July 25, 2017
Nézet-Séguin brings his usual energy and attentiveness to this project; nevertheless there may be more than one missing element.
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RECORD KEEPING | Tchaikovsky's Top Three Ballet Scores
By Paul E. Robinson on July 15, 2017
Coinciding with conductor Neeme Järvi's 80th birthday, this rebundled release of Tchaikovsky's great ballet scores gets top marks.
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