Music and openness: Schell’s picks for 2022–23
As the pandemic recedes in our rearview mirrors, the flow of new albums of radical music has returned to its pre-COVID level, as has the year-end ritual of Best of……
The Tallis Scholars at St. Mary the Virgin (Concert Review)
Photo: Rodrigo Pérez Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, director Church of St. Mary the Virgin December 9, 2023 NEW YORK – It is the fiftieth anniversary of the renaissance…
Bernstein as performance: Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
If you’re up for seeing Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s much-heralded Leonard Bernstein biopic, then try to do it now, in a movie theater, before it gets remanded permanently to Netflix. The…
Gerald Cohen – Voyagers (CD Review)
Gerald Cohen Voyagers Innova Records One can think of few chamber ensembles better suited to contemporary music than the Cassatt String Quartet. Their intonation, musicality, and interpretive powers…
Anna Lapwood – Luna (CD Review)
Luna Anna Lapwood Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge Sony Classical At 27, organist Anna Lapwood is a rising star, performing at the BBC Proms and recently being…
Steve Lehman and Orchestre National de Jazz (CD Review)
Steve Lehman and Orchestre National de Jazz Ex Machina Pi Recordings Saxophonist Steve Lehman not only has chops as a jazz musician, he is a trained composer with a…
Brabant Ensemble Sings Guerrero (CD Review)
Guerrero: Missa Ecce Sacerdos Magnus, Magnificat, and Motets Brabant Ensemble, directed by Stephen Rice Hyperion The Spanish Renaissance composer Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) does not have the profile or deep…
greyfade – LP2
LP2 is a newly-released album from the greyfade recording label that consists of electronic, vocal and instrumental sounds woven into a rare and beautiful ambient tapestry. Available in vinyl LP…
Bruce Liu – Waves (CD Review)
Bruce Liu Waves Deutsche Grammophon At twenty-six years of age, pianist Bruce Liu has already received much acclaim, most prominently by winning the Chopin Competition. His recital disc,…
The Sorcerer – Gábor Szabó (LP Review)
The Sorcerer – Gábor Szabó (Impulse) Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó performed the music on The Sorcerer in 1967 at the Jazz Workshop, Boston. His first live recording as a…