Review: Berlin Philharmonic makes another sublime stand at Symphony Center
Concluding its U.S. tour in Chicago, the orchestra attracted a classical music who’s-who to Tuesday night’s concert in ...
The Arts Desk5d
Classical CDs: Vitamins, kings and magic spells
Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 and 2, Solo piano works Igor Levit (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker/Christian Thielemann (Sony) ...
literaryreview24d
My Life with Wagner
Some readers might experience many of these anxieties as they hear about the conductor Christian Thielemann’s life and politics. This is the story of a conservative who loves Wagner and German art, ...
The New York Times25d
Trump Promises to Bring About a New Era of Christian Power
In his final campaign events with conservative Christian activists and politicians, Mr. Trump is promising to elevate not only their policy priorities but also their ideological influence.
CNN25d
After their son came out, this conservative Christian couple went into a closet of their own
In just a few weeks the 17-year-old thought he’d be free. But while Greg Jr. was away his father, a conservative Christian, had checked his computer’s search history. He’d heard stories of ...
The New York Times28d
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Igor Levit, piano; Vienna Philharmonic; Christian Thielemann, conductor (Sony) The pianist Igor Levit’s strategy in recordings? Go big or go home. His latest, three-hour release takes on not ...
The Financial Times29d
Superlative singing in La Scala’s Das Rheingold — review
The house’s first stab at Wagner’s epic trilogy in a decade, it was to be conducted by Christian Thielemann — perhaps the pre-eminent conductor of the composer’s music. Six weeks before ...