On the Record: Bartok from BSO/Alsop; works by Joel Puckett, Larry Hoffman
On the Record: Bartok from BSO/Alsop; works by Joel Puckett, Larry HoffmanBaltimore Sun (blog)Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor (Naxos) The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's admirable recordings with music director Alsop on the Naxos label have so far included a vibrant cycle of Dvorak symphonies and a sensational, ...BSO to run youth orchestrasThe Star Democratall 3 news articles »
Magnetic performances from Marin Alsop, Leon Fleisher, Baltimore Symphony
Magnetic performances from Marin Alsop, Leon Fleisher, Baltimore SymphonyBaltimore Sun (blog)In a Baltimore Symphony program of Ravel and Shostakovich conducted by Marin Alsop, the intensity started early and never really let up. The result was music-making that rivaled the hottest nights of the orchestra's years with former music director ...Marin Alsop and the BSO investigate Shostakovich's SeventhWashington Examinerall 2 news articles »
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop: Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra etc ...
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop: Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra etc ...Herald ScotlandMARIN Alsop's new recording with her Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a cracker. There are two works on the all-Bartok disc, both display pieces: the Concerto for Orchestra and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste. Alsop's strength is her ...
Pianist Andre Watts joins Baltimore Symphony for Rachmaninoff concerto
Pianist Andre Watts joins Baltimore Symphony for Rachmaninoff concertoWashington PostBut pianist Andre Watts's uncommonly expansive and ruminative reading of the concerto with the Baltimore Symphony, under Marin Alsop's baton at Strathmore Hall on Saturday, made it seem a much subtler and less barnstorming work than usual.Baltimore Symphony performs romantic gems by Rachmaninoff, ElgarBaltimore Sun (blog)all 2 news articles »
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta – review
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta – reviewThe GuardianMarin Alsop has already recorded Bartók's two ballet scores, The Miraculous Mandarin and The Wooden Prince, as well as his only opera, Bluebeard's Castle, for Naxos, with the Bournemouth Symphony. But perhaps it's appropriate that she should record his ...and more »