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Like his previous Gershwin, Bernstein, and Ellington projects, Simon Rattle’s long-awaited maiden voyage into rock opera has generated heated press, both pro and con. The
Simon Rattle is a cypher. His highly variable achievement on
“Mendelssohn in Birmingham” is not a cantata by P.D.Q. Bach along the lines of his celebrated “Iphigenia in Brooklyn,” but rather a series of Chandos
It doesn’t get any duller than this first release in what promises to be a worthless new series of Schubert symphonies. Oh joy. These are
Since Andris Nelsons will be remaking this symphony as part of the new Boston Shostakovich cycle, it makes sense to take a look at this
Dvorák’s Piano Concerto still suffers from a lack of compelling
Simon Rattle’s years in Birmingham constituted a phenomenon, no doubt
Is the finale of Manfred the silliest piece written in the entire 19th century? Is this really what a seamy orgy sounds like? I mean
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) composed music of great beauty and exoticism
If you’ve been around for the past 40 or so
