Laura Strickling’s 40@40 Project (CD Review)
Laura Strickling 40@40 Laura Strickling, soprano, Daniel Schlosberg, piano Bright Shiny Things Soprano Laura Strickling was nominated for a Grammy in 2022 for her last CD, Confessions, and has followed…
Every Living Creature (CD Review)
Every Living Creature Choral music by Kenneth Leighton Rebecca Lea, Nina Bennet, soprano; Ciara Hendrick, mezzo-soprano; Nick Pritchard, tenor Finchley Children’s Music Group, Grace Rossiter, music director Londinium, Andrew Griffiths,…
Tanglewood: FCM Chamber Music Concert (review)
Festival of Contemporary Music Chamber Music Sunday, July 30, 2023 LENOX – There were a number of firsts on the July 30th chamber music concert. I have never seen the…
Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, 7/30/2023 (Concert Review)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Anna Rakitina, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Eliza Bagg, Martha Cluver, and Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, vocalists July 30, 2023 LENOX – The Boston Symphony’s offerings on the weekend…
Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, July 29, 2023 (Review)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano July 29, 2023 LENOX – This year’s Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood spotlighted female composers. Four created self-curated concerts, and…
Orlando Consort Continues Their Machaut Edition (CD Review)
Orlando Consort Machaut: The Fount of Grace Hyperion Records Matthew Venner, countertenor; Mark Dobell and Angus Smith, tenors; Donald Greig, baritone Guilliame de Machaut (1300-1377) was a supremely talented poet…
Manchester Collective – Neon (Recording Review)
Manchester Collective Neon Bedroom Community Alex Jakeman, Flute; Oliver Pashley, Clarinet; Rakhi Singh, Violin; Hannah Roberts, Cello; Beibei Wang, Vibraphone; Katherine Tinker, Piano Manchester Collective’s fourth recording, Neon, includes totemic…
Ralph Alessi Quartet on ECM (CD Review)
Ralph Alessi Quartet It’s Always Now ECM CD Trumpeter Ralph Alessi brought a passel of originals to his latest recording date, his fourth for ECM, It’s Always Now. Most are…
Coltrane and Dolphy – Evenings at the Village Gate (CD Review)
Evenings at the Village Gate John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy McCoy Tyner, piano; Reggie Workman and Art Davis, bass; Elvin Jones, drums Impulse! Records Evenings at the Village Gate is…
Thomas Adés – Dante (CD/DVD review)
Thomas Adés Dante Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Symphony, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Nonesuch CD Thomas Adés The Dante Project London Symphony Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen…