Reviews

Intensely satisfying musical mosaics are offered by Austria’s well-seasoned Quatuor Mosaïques.

In its world premiere, a new chamber opera by Jack Perla and Rob Bailis gives seven extremely gifted Adler Fellows ample opportunity to make much ado about not very much at all.

The pianist Yuja Wang defies categories, and her latest CD — a varied, capricious, collection of miniatures — is yet another calling card for a Yuja encore.

Brooklyn Rider string quartet plays just fine outside the mainstream, and even co-composes works for itself.

In a sort of meditation on the state of the symphony, Nielsen provides a gem in music.

Here’s the bottom line: You’ve got to hear L’Arpeggiata’s Los Pájaros Perdidos, an immediate contender for “Best of 2012.”

The extraordinary keyboard artist Nareh Arghamanyan is fully in command of color, clarity, and technique with her every note.

When Dawn Upshaw made her long-awaited return to Herbst Theatre, the great American soprano arrived looking relaxed and sounding radiant in a brilliant bouquet of short works spanning the centuries.

The men of Chanticleer sing movingly of war, paradise, Jerusalem, and Native Americans.

The Baltimore Symphony continues producing artistically and socially valuable work, under Music Director Marin Alsop.