Classical Music Reviews
Read Classical Lost And Found: A Mid-Century View From Venezuela
April 3, 2012 – Evencio Castellanos' symphonic poems from the 1940s reveal Venezuela at its most voluptuous.
Read The Best Classical Album of 2012?
March 27, 2012 – Hear an excerpt from a brilliant new recording of music by one of today's most essential composers.
Read Witold Lutoslawski: Always Searching For A New Sound
March 6, 2012 – Over a 50 year career, the Polish composer continued to uncover new paths of musical expression.
Read New York Polyphony: A Vocal Quartet Takes On Death
February 21, 2012 – A haunting program of early a cappella vocal works focused on death, loss and mortality.
Read Ernesto Cordero's Caribbean-Flavored Concertos
February 14, 2012 – Guitarist Pepe Romero makes a strong case for the music of the Puerto Rican-based composer.
Read Purcell, Drake And Cohen: Songwriters On Equal Footing
February 7, 2012 – Odd bedfellows perhaps, but each is adept at creating claustrophobic spaces of melancholy.
Listen Garrick Ohlsson: In Pursuit Of A Warhorse
January 31, 2012 – The pianist's massive technique makes short order of Rachmaninov's most difficult concerto.
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.