OUSSAMA ZAHR There may have been no harder hitting one-two punch in music this year than Julius Eastman’s “Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc,” a harrowing solo vocal work ...
As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of ... Vivacious takes on Stravinsky’s “Fireworks” and “Song of the Nightingale” dovetailed with ...
Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...
Her voice was large but with a fresh, easy lightness to its texture, especially in top notes that had a casually ... Joshua Barone is the assistant classical music and dance editor on the Culture ...