The New York Times – Music:
The latest recording from Pygmalion, Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” and works written for Anne-Sophie Mutter are among our selections.
Category: Bach, Johann Sebastian
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Is This Bach’s Most Underrated Music?
The New York Times – Music:
The sprawling organ collection “Clavier-Übung III” is not as widely known as it should be. An excellent new recording could change that.
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What Can Musical Variations Teach Us About Creativity?
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony Brandt, a musicologist whose work focuses on music cognition, talks about what this musical form and how human beings approach open-ended problems.
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Helmuth Rilling, Who Recorded Huge Swaths of Bach, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Music:
He was the first to record all of J.S. Bach’s nearly 200 sacred cantatas, a project that stood out not only for its range but also for its steadfast style.
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Review: Two New Bach Pieces? The Real Thrill Was in the Chase.
The New York Times – Music:
Two workmanlike pieces by the teenage Bach had their New York premiere at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
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Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work
The New York Times – Music:
A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.
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The Pianist Vikingur Olafsson on ‘History’s Greatest Keyboard Work’
The New York Times – Music:
Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, which Olafsson recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and is touring this season, is “like a life cycle.”
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Inside the Shed’s Sonic Sphere
The New York Times – Music:
A hanging concert hall at the Shed in Manhattan purports to offer something “experimental, experiential and communal.” Our critic climbs the stairs.
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Review: ‘Fragments’ Proposes a New Kind of Cello Recital
The New York Times – Music:
Alisa Weilerstein brought her new project, a mix tape of new works and movements from Bach’s cello suites, to Zankel Hall.