New York Classical Review

July 3

B. Franklin (attr.): Quartet in F major for Three Violins and Cello Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke” Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, “Prussian” ...
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With feeling and insight, a pianist gets to the heart of Copland

Emiko Edwards performed piano music of Aaron Copland Monday at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The draw of pianist Emiko Edwards’ performance Monday evening in the Bruno Walter ...
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Wang, NYO-USA All-Stars open Carnegie Hall season with thrills and good times

Yuja Wang performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the National Youth Orchestra of the USA All-Stars Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Music for a party is a ...
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Worlds collide with nature and noir as Adams leads Philharmonic

John Adams conducted the New York Philharmonic Thursday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Chris Lee The Gabriella Smith revolution came to David Geffen Hall Thursday night, as the California-born ...
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Met’s sumptuous “Turandot” opens strongly with an auspicious soprano debut

Michael Fabiano as Calaf and Angela Meade in the title role of Puccini’s Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera Puccini’s Turandot is the backbone of the Metropolitan ...
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Trifonov’s existential Prokofiev with National Symphony transcends time, genre

Daniil Trifonov performed Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Gianandrea Noseda conducting the National Symphony Orchestra Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Substantial credit goes to ...
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Met Opera’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” is a devastating, emotional tour de force

Ailyn Pérez as Blanche de la Force in Metropolitan Opera presentation of Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites.” Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Debuts abounded in the season premiere of Poulenc’s ...
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Nézet-Séguin, Met Orchestra still finding their way with Mahler

Joyce DiDonato was the soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, performed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra Thursday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Jennifer Taylor Everything is a work in ...
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The Big Easy: Trifonov makes it all sound effortless, even the “Hammerklavier”

Daniil Trifonov performed Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Dario Acosta Listening to Daniil Trifonov’s recital in Carnegie Hall Tuesday night, one’s first thought was, this pianist is such a ...
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Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of female voices

Benjamin Bernheim with admirers in the title role of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera E.T.A. Hoffmann, spinner of bizarre tales in the early ...
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“Andrea Chénier” makes an impassioned, riveting return to the Met

Piotr Beczała in the title role and Sonya Yoncheva as Maddalena in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Andrea Chénier returned to the Metropolitan ...
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Top Ten Performances of 2022

Yuja Wang performed music of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Ligeti and Kapustin in April at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee 1. Music of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Ligeti, Scriabin, Albéniz and Kapustin. Yuja Wang ...