Articles par Edward Sava-Segal

The players demonstrated again the unity of an impromptu ensemble, although made up of instrumentalists that have played numerous times together. 

Singing as well as conducting, Barbara Hannigan leads the GSO in symphonies by Haydn and Mahler. 

In Rautavaara's orchestrations of Sibelius songs, Gerald Finley enveloped every line in refined, sinuous curves, accentuating the music’s rhapsodic quality.

Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin star in Mozart concert arias before a very gentle Pastoral Symphony at the Maison symphonique.

Lahav Shani and Francesco Piemontesi make their debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in a pair of works infused with springtime. 

Manze and the orchestra evoked with accuracy the shifting moods and the underlying tensions that mark the score of Les Illuminations.

The tiniest orchestral details were discernible with tremendous clarity. 

Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk bring out the poetry of Beethoven's violin sonatas.

The American pianist conveys the unique character of Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze.

The hour-long recital proved again what a wonderful Beethoven interpreter Emanuel Ax is.

The Italian pianist is joined by Gautier Capuçon and Paul Meyer for late Beethoven and autumnal Brahms.

From Isolation Rag to Bach, Tanglewood veteran Gil Shaham delights even on video.

For a group of instrumentalists that seldom play together, the level of rhythmic, timbral and, most important, conceptual coordination was amazing.

In his first New York Philharmonic engagement since 2000, Franz Welser-Möst pairs Jörg Widmann's Babylon Suite with Strauss' Sinfonia domestica. 

The players of the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again proved themselves to be a remarkably cohesive ensemble.

In his Zankel Hall recital, Gerstein underlined with purposeful clarity the fecundating power of just a few thematic ideas.

Overall, the performance kept a wonderful equilibrium between color and structure, humor and tragic sentiment, self-confidence and doubt.

Not at any point did Mr. Staples give the impression that he was summoned for the role on such a short notice

It was evident from the first bars that Strauss' An Alpine Symphony is a score about which Daniel Harding cares deeply.

In music by Janaček and Dvořák, Kožená seemed to just enjoy the freedom to perform in her native idiom.