New York Classical Review2d
Koopman’s silvery “Messiah” lights up a Philharmonic Christmas tradition
The international group of soloists, all making their Philharmonic debuts, gave strong performances. Kieran White’s warm, ...
New York Classical Review2d
Met’s “Magic Flute” brings a double helping of Mozartian holiday delight
Tamino is the straight man against this, with the danger of seeming dull and square. But Portillo’s vibrant tenor, with the ...
New York Classical Review3d
Grimaud makes Carnegie ring with Beethoven, Brahms, Bach-Busoni
Brahms’s Fantasies, Op. 116, is actually another collection of intermezzos leavened with the fiery pieces the composer called ...
New York Classical Review6d
Three great cities take the spotlight with Parlando
Astor Piazzolla’s 1982 Suite Punta del Este, is a three-movement piece scored for bandoneón, strings, and winds. Composed in ...
New York Classical Review10d
Memorable Dvořák and mixed Mahler from the Czech Philharmonic
While Mahler was known as Austro-Hungarian due to the politics of the 19th century, he was born in Bohemia. The sense of ...
New York Classical Review5d
Beczała finds his own tempo giusto in Carnegie Hall recital
Not every song recital is a lieder recital, but the performance by tenor Piotr Beczała and pianist Helmut Deutsch in Carnegie ...
New York Classical Review8d
Gerstein’s virtuosity serves the greater musical good with Liszt, Ravel and Coll
Gerstein finished the first half with La Valse, but first played the New York premiere of new music by Francisco Coll, Two ...
New York Classical Review9d
Licad serves up revelatory Chopin in Key Pianists recital
Pianist Cecile Licad presented one of her infrequent and welcome New York appearances Thursday night, with a recital program ...
New York Classical Review9d
Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic close Carnegie run with sparkling Dvořák, mighty Janáček
The “Gospodi pomiluj” (Kyrie), entering amid a deep rumble of cellos and brass, featured the chorus clearly intoning the text ...
New York Classical Review10d
With an equally gifted pianist, cellist Tsai’s NY debut makes first-rate chamber music
Musicians dream of making an impressive New York debut, and cellist Benett Tsai’s recital Wednesday in Merkin Concert Hall ...
New York Classical Review8d
Wilson, Philharmonic deliver gripping Shostakovich despite filmic distractions
Generally, it’s wiser to enjoy such thoughts in one’s own mind than to subject other people to them. This week, however, audiences at the New York Philharmonic are watching one man’s visualization of ...