DSO and van Zweden: A Persuasive “Manfred” in Dallas!
by Paul E. RobinsonMy first encounter with Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony was most likely Toscanini’s 1953 recording with the NBC Symphony; it is intense, exciting and…
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Dudamel and “La Phil LIVE” Connect with Shakespeare and Tchaikovsky!
by Paul E. RobinsonThe Los Angeles Philharmonic has always been an enterprising organization, and especially so with impresario Ernest Fleishmann in charge. Today, under the…
Nagano’s New Recording of Beethoven’s Third a Triumph
Beethoven: Gods, Heroes, and MenThe Creatures of Prometheus/Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Kent NaganoAnalekta AN2 9838 (73 min 51 s)****It is a sign of…
Liszt’s 200th All Icing No Cake!
by Paul E. RobinsonNot even the greatest of composers has left the world a portfolio of only masterpieces – a case in point being Franz…
Opera of the Future: HD, 3D & Beyond
by Paul E. RobinsonI must confess that I was reaching the point where I doubted I could sit through another performance of Carmen! The plot…
Anne Akiko Meyers Gives Austin Prokofiev with Passion!
by Paul E. Robinson It was just over a year ago that Austin music lovers last heard Anne Akiko Meyers (photo: above) in an imaginative…
Festival of Renaissance Music – Conspirare’s Contemporary Twist
by Paul E. RobinsonCraig Hella Johnson never ceases to amaze us. Just when you think his exceptional musical imagination has surely outdone itself, he comes…
Austin Symphony’s New World “Beyond the Score”
By Paul E. Robinson It is always a difficult business to “educate” the classical music audience without talking down to them on the one hand…
Jaap van Zweden Masterly in Shostakovich Eighth
by Paul E. RobinsonClassical TravelsMeyerson Symphony CentreDallas, TexasOctober 22, 2010Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony No. 8Nicola Benedetti, violinDallas Symphony Orchestra/Jaap van ZwedenJaap van Zweden took most…
Eschenbach Era Begins in Washington
by Paul E. RobinsonCLASSICAL TRAVELSConcert Hall, the Kennedy CenterWashington, D.C.October 16, 2010Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major K. 338Mahler: Symphony No. 5National Symphony Orchestra/Christoph…
