Something great in C major

This weekend will mark 70 years since the death of Wilhelm Furtwängler, on November 30, 1954. While his political decisions remain contentious, his importance as a conductor has only increased. No musician in his time, […]

Miles Davis – So What Some years ago, while moving house, I decided to limit myself to packing just one music recording per genre. For jazz, I picked Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. I still have it […]

This week’s picture portfolio from the Boston Symphony Orchestra of music director Andris Nelsons show a leader painfully reduced in size. Formerly substantial, the Latvian is now a fraction of his former self. The transformation […]