Classical Music Reviews
Read Raising A Glass To America's Most Famous Contemporary Composer
January 31, 2012 – Hear some of the world premiere recording of Philip Glass' Ninth Symphony.
Read A Quarter-Century Of Banging, And Still As Fresh As Ever
January 24, 2012 – The venerable new music collective celebrates its 25th anniversary with a free double CD.
Read Janáček For Voices: The Choral Side Of An Unusual Composer
January 10, 2012 – A new album by Cappella Amsterdam uncovers rarely heard music by the quirky Czech master.
Read The Takacs Quartet's Haydn: Brilliant, But With A Bite
January 3, 2012 – Gorgeous performances of three string quartets Haydn wrote to "sell" his music to the public.
Read The Art Of The Concerto In Azerbaijan
December 27, 2011 – East meets West in rarely heard piano concertos by some of Azerbaijan's best composers.
Listen Wenceslas: A Goodhearted King And His Popular Carol
December 22, 2011 – Behind the well-known song that bears his name is the story of what made King Wenceslas so good.
Listen The Angry Birds Theme Gets An Orchestral Makeover
December 21, 2011 – The London Philharmonic Orchestra crafts a sly take on a ubiquitous video-game staple.
Read New Music From The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony
December 20, 2011 – An Ontario orchestra shines in recent music by young composers and alt-rock heroes.
Listen Wilhelm Furtwaengler: A Complex German Conductor
December 16, 2011 – Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz looks at how Furtwaengler's legacy was affected by WWII.
Read Shiver-Inducing 'Winter Words'
December 13, 2011 – A phenomenal solo debut album by a very promising young American tenor, Nicholas Phan.
Watch From Mozart To Michael Jackson: Classical Contenders
December 12, 2011 – Performance Today host Fred Child highlights yMusic, a piano duo and the Emerson String Quartet.
Read The Final Songs Of Franz Schubert
December 6, 2011 – Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis find the bitterness between Schubert's deceivingly sweet lines.
Listen A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Intense Clarity
December 5, 2011 – "Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears" is incredibly delicate, meditative and soaring all at once.
Read Classical Lost and Found: Branco's Laudable But Overlooked Sonatas
November 29, 2011 – A pair of neglected violin sonatas from the Portuguese composer shine in a new recording.
Read Lesser Shostakovich Finds A Home In Liverpool
November 22, 2011 – Masterful performances give weight to lesser-played symphonies.