Classical Music Reviews

Another Oregon Symphony Album, Another Britten

Brian Horay | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Sea Interludes, Benjamin Britten, Carlos Kalmar, The Oregon Symphony, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, Pentatone, Oregon Symphony, Culture News
Brian Horay

But I'm happy to report my slightly unhealthy relationship with Benjamin Britten is still very much in its honeymoon phase after the band's knockout performance of Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia Monday night.

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PHOTOS: Minimalism & The Apocalypse: Haiku Reviews:

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Classical Music Reviews, Laurence Vittes, Peter Frank, Art Show Reviews, Slideshow, Los Angeles Art, George Heymont, Theater Review, Haiku Reviews, Art Galleries, Slidepollajax, New York Art, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

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Salonen Brings Hungarian Echoes to the NY Philharmonic

Brad Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salonen, Haydn, NY Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ligeti, Ny-Philharmonic, Bartok, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, NY Around Town, New York News
Brad Hill

You might expect a program of Hungarian-derived music to be folksy, one-dimensional, or freighted with Liszt, but the final show of the Hungarian Echoes set of four was none of those.

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Clap Between Movements: How Classical Music Helps You Score A Date

Laurence Vittes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence Vittes

As the headline indicates, the only thing you really have to know about classical music is that a classical music date is a great place to score. So...

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Who Is The Greatest Classical Composer Of All Time?

nytimes.com | ANTHONY TOMMASINI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tchaikovsky, Classical Music, Handel, Classical Music Reviews, Debussy, Classical Compositions, Music Composers, Classical Music Composers, Bach, Hadyn, Schubert, Brahms, Composers, Mozart, Arts News

YOU know that a new year has truly arrived when critics stop issuing all those lists of the best films, books, plays, recordings and whatever of the y...

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Clap Between Movements: LA, Pasadena & Versailles

Laurence Vittes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence Vittes

You'd pay through to the teeth to see a spectacle as grand as this in Europe. Only LA has the nerve to put it on so casually.

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Michelle Obama and I Agree: Commit to the Arts in Schools

Michael Tilson Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Tilson Thomas

With state budgets under attack, we in the arts are bracing for a familiar song: whether or not to fund arts in the schools.

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The Tokyo String Quartet in Performance at Yale

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yale University, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Bela Bartok, Tokyo String Quartet, Chamber Music, Franz Josef Haydn, Classical Music Reviews, Great Classical Music Concerts, Entertainment News
Ivan Katz

The program was judiciously chosen: Haydn, Beethoven and Bartok. Sprague Hall was, predictably, packed to hear New Haven's longest running audience draw.

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A Magical Night of Music and Another Triumph for Toronto: The Grand Opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Friday night's grand opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall proved that Toronto has truly become one of the world's top cities for the performing arts.

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A Great Day for Classical Music: Richard Goode Records Beethoven's Piano Concertos

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Classical Music Reviews, Richard Goode, Beethoven, Piano Concerto, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

If you're in the mood to hear five of the greater piano concertos ever written --- and if my experience is any guide, it's a very easy mood to slip into --- then Richard Goode's your man.

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New York Times Music Editor on a Mission

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citigroup, Vienna's University of Music, Lang Lang, James Oestreich, Vienna Philharmonic, Clemens Hellsberg, The New York Times, National Academy Foundation, Sanford I. Weill, Zubin Mehta, Peter G. Peterson, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, Vpo, Music, Media News
Jan Herman

The classical music editor of the New York Times takes up his longtime role once again as chief media apologist for the Vienna Philharmonic.

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