Barbara Hannigan “La Passione” (CD Review)
La Passione La Passione Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor; Ludwig Orchestra Alpha Classics La Passione is soprano and conductor Barbara…
Brabant sings Hellinck and Lupi
Lupus Hellinck – Missa Surrexit pastor bonus Johannes Lupi – Motets The Brabant Ensemble; Stephen Rice, conductor Hyperion CD A68304…
Adés Conducts Adés (CD Review)
Adés Conducts Adés Kirill Gerstein, piano; Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano; Mark Stone, baritone; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adés, conductor Deutsche Grammophon…
Michael Harley – Come Closer (CD Review)
Come Closer Michael Harley, bassoon Phillip Bush, piano; Ari Streisfeld, violin, Daniel Sweaney, viola; Claire Bryant, cello New Focus Recordings…
Closing out the twenty-tens: Schell’s picks for 2019
Though our decade technically has another year to go, the marketing appeal of “Hits of the XXs” type formulations tends…
Stile Antico – A Spanish Nativity (CD Review)
A Spanish Nativity Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 902312 The “Golden Age” of Spanish polyphony (during the sixteenth century) yielded a…
Tallis Scholars: New CD, Concerts in Princeton and New York this Weekend
Now in their forty-sixth year of singing, the Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, have long made an annual December…
BMOP Plays Perle (CD Review)
George Perle Serenades Boston Modern Orchestra Project Gil Rose, conductor BMOP Sound Composer George Perle passed away a decade ago,…
Become Desert
Become Desert John Luther Adams Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Ludovic Morlot, conductor Cantaloupe Music “Become Desert is both a…
10/16: Iverson and Harrell at Jazz Standard
In recent years, pianist Ethan Iverson has been collaborating with a number of artists, particularly elder statesmen of the jazz…