A late work by Tchaikovsky and an early one by Korngold reveal the possibilities of the string sextet in a fine new recording from the Nash Ensemble.
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Concert Review: Parlando Chamber Orchestra – ‘Odysseys’
The Parlando chamber orchestra opened its season with Tchaikovsky and challenging, rewarding new music by Joey Roukens and Jimmy Lopez.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Parlando Founder and Music Director Ian Niederhoffer Previews October 4 ‘Odysseys’ Concert, with Music of Tchaikovsky, Jimmy Lopez, Joey Roukens
Parlando's creative, themed concert programming includes audience engagement and even "chili pepper" ratings for listening difficulty.
Read More »Concert Review: Aspect Chamber Music Series – ‘Russian Elegy’ (Music of Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Lyadov)
Aspect presented a concert of Russian music by Tchaikovsky, Glinka, and Lyadov from an accomplished, though ad hoc, piano trio featuring a 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition First Prize winner.
Read More »Concert Review: Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian – ‘When Tchaikovsky Met Brahms’ (NYC, 6 March 2019)
Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and pianist Wu Qian gave sumptuous performances of music by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Grieg at Columbia University's Italian Academy.
Read More »Concert Review: Soprano Hanna Golodinskii and Pianist Oxana Mikhailoff – ‘Slavic Discoveries’ (NYC, 9/10/16)
Two amazingly talented artists performed music of Vladimir Drozdoff as well as of better-known Slavic composers in the Romantic tradition, including Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.
Read More »Concert Review: ‘With You Armenia’ – Armenian and Russian Music with Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky, Alissa Margulis and Elena Lisitsian (NYC, Nov. 30, 2015)
Four musicians including world-famous cellist Mischa Maisky gathered for a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide. Music by Russian and Armenian composers made up a program that asserted the power of art to challenge cruelty and violence.
Read More »DVD Review: Eugene Onegin (Live in HD)
This new staging of the “timeless tale” of "Eugene Onegin" is younger, “sexier,” flashier than its predecessor. It works – and it doesn’t.
Read More »Music Review: Tchaikovsky and Ellington/Strayhorn – ‘The Nutcracker Suites’
Harmonia Mundi presents both the traditional and the swinging Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn versions of ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ on the same CD for the very first time.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Tchaikovsky’ by Andrew Wyeth Neal
The life, times and music of the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky revealed in an innovative and exhilarating play.
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