Reviews

Scott MacClelland - July 24, 2011

Imaginative programming choices mark the Carmel Bach Festival’s “Landscapes of the Soul” program.

Scott MacClelland - July 19, 2011

The multifaceted Peter Hanson emerges as a gracious, accessible concertmaster of the Carmel band.

Scott MacClelland - July 18, 2011

Carmel Bach’s new director, Paul Goodwin, leads a powerful “rethink” of Bach’s St. John Passion that won the audience over.

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - July 18, 2011

Young singers in American Bach Soloists’ summer academy come up against the limits of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, with varying success.

Jeff Dunn - July 18, 2011

A Jennifer Higdon work infallibly delights, on this new Atlanta Symphony Orchestra CD, even without its live-concert visuals.

Ken Iisaka - July 16, 2011

Pianist Jon Nakamatsu and soprano Christina Major lend their gifts to a strong program by the long-admired Midsummer Mozart Festival.

Michelle Dulak Thomson - July 12, 2011

A newly unearthed Vivaldi and some other bright little firebombs distinguish La Serenissima’s new disc.

Jeff Dunn - July 11, 2011

Did Hollywood success spoil Erich Korngold? Not according to a new CD of his must-hear symphony, with its lush Romanticism.

Jeff Dunn - July 4, 2011

Christopher Theofanidis’ First Symphony is engaging and emotional, and will give sound systems a good workout.

Be'eri Moalem - July 2, 2011

An eclectic musical evening showed lines blurring between classical, academic, popular, live, and electronic.