Music and Recording Reviews

Sasha Matson: Molto Molto; Dan Rosenboom: Polarity; Billy Childs: The Winds of Change; Taj Mahal: Savoy

Natalie Merchant: Keep Your Courage; The Hold Steady: The Price of Progress.

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4–6; Reinecke: Piano Concerto No.3; Konzertstück & Sauer: Piano Concerto No.2

Little Feat: Sam's Place; Ohio Players: Pleasure; The Black Keys: Ohio Players; Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Live in France: The 1966 Concert in Limoges.

Black Oak Ensemble: Dance Of The Night Sky; Dvořák Piano Quintet 2, Price: Piano Quintet, Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Takács Quartet; Mendelssohn: Symphony 3 (Scottish), Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Three Lieder ohne Worte, Rotterdam Philharmonic/Lahav Shani; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: A Centenary Tribute.

David Bowie: Young Americans; Lucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling; Gabe Dixon: Parts I've Played; Neal Francis: Return To Zero.

Holst: The Planets, Bax: Tintagel, London Symphony Orchestra, Tenebrae/Sir Antonio Pappano; Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas, Andrew Wan, Charles Richard-Hamelin; Jonas Kaufmann: Magische Töne, Jonas Kaufmann, Nikola Hillebrand, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/Dirk Kaftan; Rachmaninoff: The Bells; Symphonic Dances, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Dmytro Popov, Alexander Vinogradov, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir/Karina Canellakis.