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The Definitive Steve Reich—27 Discs' Worth

March 20, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
Nonesuch Records has championed Steve Reich for four decades with a slew of first recordings, many of them definitive. They form the bedrock of a 27-disc set of Reich’s “Collected Works,” released this month. A handful of … » Read
 

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LA Opera Enters the California Mozart/Da Ponte Sweepstakes

March 19, 2025 | Richard S. Ginell, Musical America
LOS ANGELES—Over the past decade or so, the Mozart/Da Ponte opera cycle— The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni , and Così fan tutte— has established prominent beachheads in California. First, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los … » Read
 

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Budapest Festival Orchestra Neatly Captures Prokofiev Extremes

March 14, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON—Founded by Iván Fischer and the late Zoltán Kocsis in 1983, the Budapest Festival Orchestra has been a guarantee of artistry for decades. Its regular BBC Proms performances are invariably sold out, which was why a … » Read
 

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An Intimate Musical Memorial to Sir Andrew Davis

March 12, 2025 | Hannah Edgar, Musical America
EVANSTON, Ill.— After Sir Andrew Davis was diagnosed with leukemia, the conductor and his son Ed Frazier Davis began to discuss end-of-life plans. Rather than a funeral, the elder Davis wanted a musical “celebration of life” … » Read
 

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"To the Fullest": LA Phil Celebrates Iconic Avant-gardists

March 10, 2025 | Richard S. Ginell
LOS ANGELES—Given the current administration’s predilections, this might seem a dangerous time in which to launch a festival celebrating the music of two late Black and/or homosexual avant-gardists. But the first-time consortium of LA … » Read
 

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Class-act Tenor Takes on the French Chanson

March 7, 2025 | Hannah Edgar, Musical America
CHICAGO—The world needs more tenors like Karim Sulayman. Sulayman, 48, showed uncommon grace, levity, and nuance in a Feb. 27 recital hosted by the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC). Sulayman was born and raised in Chicago; … » Read
 

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Elim Chan, BBCSO Torch the Barbican

March 7, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON—The adrenaline was flowing at this February 28 Barbican Centre concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBCSO) and Elim Chan. Not only was the Hong Kong-born conductor—a rapidly rising star and the first woman to win the … » Read
 

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A Kinder, Gentler Moby-Dick

March 6, 2025 | Fred Cohn, Musical America
Moby-Dick arrives the Metropolitan Opera with an impressive track record. In the years since its 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, the Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer opera has racked up performances in a dozen different opera houses. This production, … » Read
 

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A Weekend in Carnegie Hall with Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic

March 4, 2025 | George Loomis, Musical America
The Vienna Philharmonic historically has had no music director, but if it did, Riccardo Muti in all likelihood would hold the post. Having first conducted the orchestra in 1971, he has led more than 500 concerts, including annual New Year’s … » Read
 

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New Chamber Music Recordings

March 4, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
The breadth of America’s contemporary music scene is captured in Adjacence , the latest release from Brooklyn-based guitarist Daniel Lippel . The double album brings together an eclectic group of 14 chamber works for ensembles large and … » Read
 
 

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