CD Review | Legacy (Naïve Classiques, 2023)
Legacy Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello; Adrien La Marca, viola; Julien Chauvin, violin; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; Le Concert de La Loge Naïve Classiques, 2023 The musicians’…
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CD Review | Theme: Variation (Leaf music, 2023)
Theme: Variation David Rogosin, piano Leaf Music, 2023 Theme: Variation shouldn’t be taken casually—the solo piano album is a thought-provoking, conceptual experiment that deserves many…
CD Review | Haydn, Op. 77, & Mozart, K. 614 (Leaf music, 2023)
Haydn Op. 77 & Mozart K. 614 Rosebud String Quartet: Aaron Schwebel and Sheila Jaffé, violin; Keith Hamm and Steven Dann, viola; Leana Rutt, cello…
COVID-19: Opéra de Montréal Cancels Magic Flute
Posted to the Opéra de Montréal’s website yesterday, the company has cancelled Mozart’s Magic Flute, its last production of its 2019-20 season, which was to…
The First December 6 Memorial Concert
[Originally published on Dec. 6, 2014] How a performance of Mozart’s Requiem marked my musical passage By Wah Keung Chan Last Sunday (November 30, 2014),…
Orchestre Métropolitain Makes a Brilliant Debut in a Special Place
NEW YORK – It is possible to lose a sense of perspective after a good night of Bruckner. The critic in me urges caution. Best…
Review: Rossini’s Little Gem
The Société philharmonique du nouveau monde performed Gioacchino Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle on April 27. While the Société chose the original version scored for two…
Review: Così fan Tutte at UdeM, Promising Young Cast Marred by Production
On Thursday, February 28, l’Atelier d’opéra de l’Université de Montréal presented Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte to a near-full Salle Claude-Champagne. Since Claude-Champagne has not pit,…
Mozart: Symphonies 40 and 41 (Pentatone)
The conductor Hans von Bülow once described Mendelssohn’s music as ‘something to be got over in childhood, like measles’. I feel the same way about…
Review: Mozart’s Requiem by Mundia Productions
Last Saturday, November 10, Mundia Productions presented Mozart’s Requiem and the Piano Concerto #20 in d minor k.466 performed by the Orchestre philharmonique du Nouveau…
