Classical Music

Unearthing Metal's Classical Roots

I wasn't raised on Anthrax or Zeppelin, or anything between in regards to the heavy metal alphabet. No, the soundtrack of my youth was classical music. I competed in classical piano competitions for the better part of a decade, and Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Wolfgang Amadeus ... More >>

Rachel Barton Pine Brings Metal Intensity to Classical Music

If pressed to come up with the metal version of classical music's "Big Three", Brahms, Beethoven, and Bach, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, a performer who's well versed in both styles, has got it covered. "You can't leave off Sabbath, because they were the first metal band from which everything der ... More >>

Bohemian Rhapsody

Myth Lusters

Stay Tuned

Across The Sea

Aria Fifty-One

Opera Superstar Dmitri Hvorostovsky to Take Orpheum Stage

King of the Hall

Bach in Time

The Book of Paul

Get Your Phil

Los Angeles is coming to town

The Ridge Trio

Phoenix Symphony -- Boléro

Seasonal Transformations

Phoenix Chorale: Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

Phoenix Chorale

Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

Phoenix Chorale

Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

More Than 50 Grammy Winners Perform in the Same Room on the Same Night. Who Wins?

Jen RogersThe Phoenix Chorale tearing up Seattle.​If you believe that record sales equal musical relevance, then you may think that classical music -- which accounted for less than 3 percent of all record sales in 2009 -- needs to be locked up in some museum archive along with the dinosaur bones. ... More >>

Ralph Votapek

Ga-Ga for Gershwin

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 25, 2009

Michael Christie and the Ongoing Rumble in the Phoenix Symphony

from Symphony magazine Michael Christie, on the cover of the League of American Orchestras' trade mag. The latest issue of the League of American Orchestras' trade magazine Symphony features a cover story on Michael Christie, the 34-year-old conductor of the Phoenix Symphony and the Brooklyn ... More >>

Soweto Gospel Choir

The Mikado

Bach to the Future

Grammy-winning PHX group fosters a youth movement

Bach to the Future

Grammy-winning PHX group fosters a youth movement

Local Grammy Award-Winning Group Changes Name

Noise Boy goes out drinking with the Phoenix Bach Choir

Mark Grey's cutting-edge classical work Enemy Slayer explores a Navajo creation story

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra

If It Ain't Baroque, Fix It

Duozona

Colors: Duozona Plays Music for Flute and Guitar
(Emeritus Recordings)

Bach to Basics

Because it's not Taco Bell's Cannon

Radar Love

Scratching the surface of classical music

The Neon Philharmonic

Brilliant Colors: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (Rhino)

Survival Musik

The work of Jewish composers in Germany barely survived the Nazi regime. A Scottsdale orchestra is breathing new life into those compositions.

Death Be Not Profitable

Investors are finding that terminally ill patients don't make the best investments

Super Conductor

A Phoenix Symphony Close-Up with Robert Moody

Plenty of Horns

Patriotic concerts in observerance of Independence Day

March in July

Flash in the Chopin

Chamber Mates

Corky Siegel links the ethereal majesty of chamber music with the grit of the blues

Love, Classical Style

Record labels increasingly turn to theme albums to invigorate slumping classical market

Letters

Is Anybody Listening?

Beyond Arizona, musicians rave about it, but the Phoenix Symphony, at 50, plays to half-empty houses at home. Can its new maestro, Hermann Michael, fill the seats?

Primo Donna

With Arizona Opera's Caroline Whisnant, it's not over 'til the phat lady sings

Recordings

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENTTHE KRONOS QUARTET BREATHES THE KISS OF LIFE INTO CLASSICAL MUSIC

KING OF THE RING GLYNN ROSS WANTS TO KNOCK YOU OUT WITH WAGNER'S MASTERPIECE