Orchestra excels with modern MacMillan, but can’t save Schumann’s excesses By Manasi Vydyanath January 31, 2006
Classical music must be reclaimed from the critical elite to be truly appreciated By Manasi Vydyanath January 10, 2006
Lyric Opera’s La Cenerentola makes a fun but flawed Cinderella story By Manasi Vydyanath November 8, 2005
Alfred Brendel’s miniaturist fingers lend sophistication to classic compositions By Manasi Vydyanath April 3, 2005
Chicago Symphony Orchestra defies convention with contemporary works By Manasi Vydyanath February 25, 2005
Netherlands Wind Ensemble plays Mozart better than that guy in the wig By Manasi Vydyanath February 18, 2005
Kremerata Baltica Quintet taste perfection with rendition of Shostakovich By Manasi Vydyanath May 24, 2004
Kent Nagano raises interpretation issues with Chicago Symphony Orchestra By Manasi Vydyanath April 27, 2004
St. Lawrence Quartet gives clarinestist Todd Palmer the strings to fly By Manasi Vydyanath March 2, 2004
Barenboim and Serkin collaborate on classics with mixed results By Manasi Vydyanath February 24, 2004