Cette semaine à Montréal (23 à 29 mai) / This Week in Montreal (May 23–29)
English FollowsEtienne Dupuis (Simon Doucet) Photo: Yves RenaudLe War Requiem de Britten à la Maison SymphoniqueKent Nagano et l’OSM, accompagnés du chœur de l’OSM, présentent le War Requiem de...
View ArticleLebrecht Weekly - Anonymous: Six concertos (CPO)
3/5 starsThe best fun I’ve had all week is trying to identify the composers of six 18th century concertos that have turned up in the vaults of the Saxon State University library in Dresden. Five of the...
View ArticleLebrecht Weekly - Feldman, Crumb: Piano pieces (Hyperion)
5/5 starsEvery few months I take my ears out for a cleaning. This is not as easy as it sounds. Finding music that is original, unfamiliar, astringent, elevating and altogether uncomplacent restricts...
View ArticleLebrecht Weekly - Cameron Carpenter: All you need is Bach (Sony)
2/5 starsBefore we go any further, let me declare once and for all that I am done with three stars. Everywhere else, critics award three stars as a kind of neutral, no-harm-done mark for something they...
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This blog is now retired. You can find all of the posts as well as new La Scena Musicale online content, news, and back issues at mySCENA.org.
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