On Saturday night, Gustavo Dudamel, the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, continued his return to...
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Víkingur Ólafsson performs Mozart in context at Walt Disney Concert Hall
On Wednesday, the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall a live version of his...
Hélène Grimaud at Walt Disney Concert Hall
The French pianist Hélène Grimaud gave a hypnotic performance on April 19 at Walt Disney Concert Hall,...
New CDs from Delos featuring music by Erwin Schulhoff and Mark Abel
Delos records has released two new CDs of contemporary music, broadly defined. The music spans 100 years and dates...
CD Review: Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and James MacMillan’s Larghetto for Orchestra
Opening and listening to a new CD by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (yes, I still listen to CDs)...
Review: Dudamel Conducts the LA Phil in Works by Schoenberg and Strauss
Gustavo Dudamel, image courtesy of LA Phil Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil are back, and Walt Disney Concert Hall is...
CD Review: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Getting a CD in the mail from Reference Recordings is always a little like Christmas, especially when the package...
Review: Nick Dear’s ‘Frankenstein’ at A Noise Within
It’s clear who the real monster is in Nick Dear’s “Frankenstein.” Hint: It’s not the guy stitched together with dead...