Collaboration in Risør
At a Norwegian festival, a marriage of music and art
The Chicago Sound
Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, [Music Maker]
music + life
A Virtuoso’s Hero
Violinist Joshua Bell looks to a Belgian composer for inspiration.
discovery
Considering Crumb
An American master turns eighty.
Crossover Contemporain
Classical violinist Angéle Dubeau plays Philip Glass at the Montreal Jazz Festival
recommended
Jordi Savall goes Celtic; Collegium Cartusianum feasts on Handel; WDR Symphony Orchestra revisits the work of Alfredo Casella; a re-release of Mozart by unconquerable pianist Wanda Landowska; fiery Brahms by violinist Vadim Repin; Rachmaninoff’s Preludes in the hands of pianist Steven Osborne; Alamire and QuintEssential play music from the time of Henry VIII; Retrospect Trio delivers stylish Purcell; pianist Herbert Schuch presents “Night Pieces”; Renée Fleming and company in Rossini’s Armida; a collection of pianist Sviatoslav Richter; and the Filarmonica ’900 del Teatro Regio di Torino records the first two symphonies of Nino Rota.
