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Schmidt Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi DG 483 8336   180:32 mins (2 discs) Advertisement Is Franz Schmidtfinally securing due recognition as the last great Austrian symphonist of the late-Romantic era? The enthusiastic reception accorded to two of his symphonies at the BBC Proms over recent years certainly suggests so. I have no doubt too that his music will win over many new admirers thanks to this beautifully played and luxuriantly recorded cycle of concert performances given in Frankfurt between 2013 and 2018. Paavo Järvi is an almost ideal interpreter of this compose...

LOOKING BACK AT OUR HISTORY: 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birthday: A cause for celebration and music © Provided by The Newport Daily News Fred Zilian Nine months after the “Boston Massacre” here in the New World, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the Old, and Western music would never be the same. Beethoven’s musical talent was obvious at an early age. At 13, he published his first work, a set of keyboard variations. At 21, he moved from Bonn, Germany, his birthplace, to Vienna, the capital of the vast Austrian Empire with a flourishing arts community, where he studied under Jo...

Seattle Symphony play next week in a rebroadcast of last year’s masterful opening night concert featuring the Richard Strauss masterpiece (Dec. 24, 5:30 p.m.). Listen as those iconic first three notes pull your ears up toward the sky. Northwest indie folk rocker Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes) is having 'A Very Lonely Solstice Livestream.' (Shervin Lainez) Northwest indie folk rocker Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes) is having 'A Very Lonely Solstice Livestream.' (Shervin Lainez) After so many months spent with eyeballs glued to our screens, just listening feels like sweet relief right now. ...

Happy birthday, Ludwig. The world had great plans to celebrate your 250th birth anniversary, but a minuscule virus put paid to all that. My reading marathon on Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) in his birth sestercentennial year continues to throw up the most fascinating trivia about him and his times. For example, I learned that he was beset by the same woes that bedevil the modern-day author. Beethoven was extremely fussy about which works of his got published, in what order, and by which publisher. He was also be the first composer to be published constantly, from the beginning to the end o...

CBSO streamed from Symphony Hall ***** Never mind the puny sound from computer loudspeakers, nor the fact of not being able to flick one’s eyes around the orchestra and the much-missed 2000-strong audience, this streamed concert still breathed the exhilarating freshness of the CBSO as it responded to the gifted young conductor who has grown through its tiers (sorry about that word) of training, Alpesh Chauhan. It was also exhilarating to hear how the orchestra reached out to us from the spaciousness and acoustic marvels of the hall which has been its home for nearly 30 years. Social distanc...