
I imagine the conversation of the repertory committee concerning this […]
This is a strong performance. Even though initially Gustavo Dudamel’s rather generalized conducting offers nothing new, halfway through the first movement his inspiration kicks in,
Carlo Maria Giulini made some magnificent recordings in Los Angeles,
Orango was planned as a satirical opera to be presented at a celebration of the 15th Anniversay of the October Revolution in 1932. Shostakovich got
Arvo Pärt’s rejection of serial nastiness was admirable, and he has created some stunning choral music embodying the new simplicity of his mature idiom. That
John Adams’ City Noir was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and premiered by Gustavo Dudamel in his debut concert as the orchestra’s music director
It is becoming increasingly evident that the value of SACD recordings lies in the use of multichannel format. An excellently made new digital recording transfered
This Mahler Symphony No. 1 comes from Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The performance was duly documented and
Arvo Pärt’s Symphony No. 4 is a purely orchestral work (unusual of late for him) composed along the principles of his “tintinnabulation” method, which draws
Now here is a Gustavo Dudamel performance that lives up to the media hype surrounding the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s young music-director-designate (hype reinforced in Steven