Ho-ho-ho! Best bet for giving is the 60-CD Leonard Bernstein treasury
In a quandary about what to give the person you dare not buy for? If that knotty assignment is a music or theater lover, we at Chicago On the Aisle have a garland of happy solutions: concert music,...
View ArticleGlass’ meditative ‘Satyagraha,’ on Gandhi, takes Met’s Live HD series to new...
Preview: The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcasts throughout the U.S. feature a landmark of American minimalism not to miss — ”Satyagraha” by Philip Glass, Nov. 19 and Dec. 7. Here's a peek.
View ArticleCD Review: Paul Lewis rambles Schubertian paths strewn with sonatas,...
British pianist Paul Lewis brings a potent blend of ingredients to a diverse collection that shows Schubert as both Beethoven’s heir and an original, indeed daring creative spirit. ****
View ArticleThe holly and the ivories proclaim Yuletide in sparking keyboard riffs on old...
Review: “A Steinway Christmas Album,” a classy bundle of seasonal arrangements compiled and performed by pianist Jeffrey Biegel. (Steinway) ****
View ArticleSip New Year’s bubbly at home, tune in to great performances from around the...
Our selective guide to the best national broadcasts, international radio streams, concert replays and festive downloads to help you ring in New Year 2012.
View ArticleHD sound check at the Berlin Philharmonic: Second look at stellar streaming...
The Berlin Philharmonic began live concert broadcasts over the Internet in mid-2009 amid some high-tech speed bumps. Is 2012 the year it all comes together?
View ArticleChailly lifts his quick baton, and Beethoven’s symphonies emerge from the...
CD review: Conductor Riccardo Chailly’s new recording of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, may finally be the document that changes the way we think of these seminal...
View ArticleDigital: ‘Four Seasons’ and Haydn symphonies flash style, finesse under...
CD Reviews: The latest evidence of the Philharmonia Baroque’s mastery of 18th century fare is a CD release of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” – plus three more violin concertos by the Red Priest, as...
View ArticleOrchestra for Peace honors Solti centenary; conductor left a prodigious...
An Appreciation: The birth centenary of any great contributor to human affairs gives us pause. But the Oct. 21 concert by the World Orchestra for Peace at Orchestra Hall, honoring the 100th anniversary...
View ArticleCD Review: Guitarist Karadaglić trumpets his Ravinia concerts with...
Review: When I chatted with the young Montenegrin classical guitar virtuoso Miloš Karadaglić last November, about an impending solo appearance at City Winery, he made a brief digression to a major...
View ArticleSip New Year’s bubbly at home, tune in to great performances from around the...
Our selective guide to the best national broadcasts, international radio streams, concert replays and festive downloads to help you ring in New Year 2012.
View ArticleHD sound check at the Berlin Philharmonic: Second look at stellar streaming...
The Berlin Philharmonic began live concert broadcasts over the Internet in mid-2009 amid some high-tech speed bumps. Is 2012 the year it all comes together?
View ArticleChailly lifts his quick baton, and Beethoven’s symphonies emerge from the...
CD review: Conductor Riccardo Chailly’s new recording of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, may finally be the document that changes the way we think of these seminal...
View ArticleDigital: ‘Four Seasons’ and Haydn symphonies flash style, finesse under...
CD Reviews: The latest evidence of the Philharmonia Baroque’s mastery of 18th century fare is a CD release of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” – plus three more violin concertos by the Red Priest, as...
View ArticleOrchestra for Peace honors Solti centenary; conductor left a prodigious...
An Appreciation: The birth centenary of any great contributor to human affairs gives us pause. But the Oct. 21 concert by the World Orchestra for Peace at Orchestra Hall, honoring the 100th anniversary...
View ArticleCD Review: Guitarist Karadaglić trumpets his Ravinia concerts with...
Review: When I chatted with the young Montenegrin classical guitar virtuoso Miloš Karadaglić last November, about an impending solo appearance at City Winery, he made a brief digression to a major...
View ArticleBroadening stream of virtual performances ranges from master classes to...
Digital Preview: With another Artic blast on the way, it's a good time to check out the world's top fine arts events available live or on-demand -- Joyce DiDonato's master classes at Carnegie Hall, a...
View ArticleNext season’s ‘Live in HD’ Met broadcasts continue at local cinemas through...
This Just In: The following is a news release written by an arts organization, submitted to Chicago On the Aisle. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA’S 2016-17 SEASON, ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT LINCOLN CENTER, WILL...
View ArticleAvailable June 10 for download – Mason Bates’‘Anthology of Fantastic...
This Just In: The following is a news release written by an arts organization, submitted to Chicago On the Aisle. —— The next CSO Resound recording, "Mason Bates: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology," is...
View ArticleForty years and 52 discs in a treasure box: Emerson Quartet’s prodigious...
Review: In observance of the Emerson String Quartet’s 40th anniversary, Deutsche Grammophon has issued a 52-CD retrospective of the quartet’s entire output on the label. It’s an astounding tour –...
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