New York Classical Review7h
Grimaud makes Carnegie ring with Beethoven, Brahms, Bach-Busoni
The first thing one noticed when entering Carnegie Hall Wednesday night for the piano recital by Hélène Grimaud was where the ...
New York Classical Review2d
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 Review7d
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
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 Review3d
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 Review6d
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 Review6d
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 Review6d
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 Review12d
Met assembles a Strauss cast for the ages in an astonishing “Frau ohne Schatten”
There may be more operatic talent in classical music now than there has ever been, so the major issue comes down to ...
New York Classical Review5d
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 ...