Monthly Archives: February 2005

Manny's Happy Returns

A MANY-FINGERED THING Emanuel Ax (who likes to be called “Manny”) has been in our midst quite a lot this season, to our great pleasure and, I hope, his. At the Disney Hall first-night gala he turned up with five … Continue reading

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Super Conductor

ESA-PEKKA IN EXCELSIS If anyone needed further confirmation of the strengths of Esa-Pekka Salonen, and his success in sharing those strengths with the musical life of this city, the events of the past week should answer any lingering questions. Those … Continue reading

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Vivaldi for All Seasons

GOLD-SPUTTERED MASTERY The eloquent blurb writers at Naxos, the little record label that could, have been lighting the sky lately with pronouncements on their latest reissued treasure, the first-ever recording (or so they say) of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, newly … Continue reading

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Verona in Waltz Time

Photo by Robert MillardMUD AND SUGAR If there must be Gounod – a point I will argue – let it be thus. The mud and sugar of his Roméo et Juliette do not entirely disappear behind the splendor of the … Continue reading

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