30.9.16

At Washington Classical Review: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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Charles T. Downey, Alsop, BSO have uneven night with Orff and Stravinsky Washington Classical Review , September 30

Latest on Forbes: 106 Years Mahler Eighth, The Best Recordings

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I've written a good amount about Mahler here on ionarts , and at this point every chapter of the Mahler Survey (originally on WETA), ...
28.9.16

Latest on Forbes: Itzhak Perlman on Warner, Tim Page on Itzhak

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At the root of the lengthy missive over on Forbes is a review of Warner’s box set of Itzahk Perlman’s recordings for the EMI/Warner and Era...
27.9.16

On Washington Classical Review: NSO Gala

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Charles T. Downey, NSO gala raises $1 million and fetes opening of African-American Museum Washington Classical Review , September 26
26.9.16

In the Post: BSO, Thibaudet play Gershwin

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Gershwin, Concerto in F / Rhapsody in Blue , J.-Y. Thibaudet, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, M. Alsop (Decca, 2010) Charles T. Downey, ...

Forbes Classical CD of the Week

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…The low strings hum like bumble-bee war-drones on a fuzzy mission of humanity. The timpani are bone-dry and caught in uncanny detail. It’s...
25.9.16

A Traditional 'Marriage of Figaro'

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Joshua Hopkins and Lisette Oropesa in The Marriage of Figaro , Washington National Opera (photo by Scott Suchman) Many thanks to  Robert R...
24.9.16

Forbes Classical CD of the Week

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…The latter is very late-period Smetana, where mental trouble, probably due to syphilis, was already rearing its ugly head. It was written ...