Mahler in Carnegie Hall Receives Splendid Philadelphia Sound
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted with the kind of white-hot conviction that makes you forget to breathe.
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Schubert's 'Winterreise', Reinterpreted by a Woman in a Novel Reading
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The idea of an additional character, a person in mourning for Müller’s protagonist, reading his poems as from a journal, is an ingenious one, giving the text a fresh new tone, and making it reasonable that a woman rather than a man is singing the lines.
Read MoreMet Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Sumptuous and Thrilling Sound
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The sumptuous sound of the orchestra - who must be thrilled at being freed from the Met’s orchestra pit and placed on the stage of Carnegie Hall, facing what many an artist call the gates of heaven - was in full force.
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Sound at Carnegie Hall, Masterful and Flawless
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All three offerings of the evening underscored the many virtues of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Their traditional pristine entrances, deft intonation, and flawless ensemble have never been more evident.
Read MoreLang Lang Opens Carnegie Season With a Gershwin Gimmick
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The centerpiece of this season’s opening on Wednesday, featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra, was Gershwin’s enduringly popular “Rhapsody in Blue.” But with Carnegie’s blessing, the performers turned this classic into a shameless gimmick.
Read MoreFrom Budapest with love, Carnegie Hall’s finest hour belongs to Hungarian musicians
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From the marvelous string unisons in the opening of the Freischütz Overture...one was struck by the breadth of tone color, the exquisitely shaped phrases, and the dramatic commitment of the entire ensemble.
Read MoreAt Carnegie Hall, violinist Julian Rachlin stakes his claim in Shostakovich Concerto
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The Orchestra Nationale de France began a beautifully shaped program with Debussy’s “Afternoon of a Fawn” displaying the lush, shimmering sound of the orchestra’s string section.
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Orchestra brings Vienna to Carnegie Hall
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In Mahler's arrangement of Beethoven's 11th String Quartet, the traditionally celebrated strings of the Philadelphia Orchestra rang out brilliantly recalling the past days of Ormandy and Muti.
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