Classics in the News
- Tim Page on Michael Steinberg’s Anthology “Defending the Music” June 8, 2026What do we want from a great music critic? Knowledge, eloquence, independence, a gift for taking us into the experience of music through a distinguished mind–and perhaps some wit. One of the best exponents of this combination of qualities was the late Michael Steinberg (1928-2009), whose newspaper work has now been gathered by Susan Feder, […]
- ELIM CHAN CONDUCTS THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC IN KOIDE, SAINT-SAËNS AND PROKOFIEV May 29, 2026David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, N.Y.; May 27th, 2026 Guest conductor Elim Chan was recently appointed Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, making her the first woman to head a “major” American symphony orchestra (although both Marin Alsop and JoAnn Falletta might have something to say about that). A diminutive figure, she strode to […]
- LP Liner Notes: An Affectionate Recollection–And Tribute–By Tim Page May 19, 2026All critics make mistakes and I proved a sorry prognosticator when I wrote a “defense” of the LP record for The New York Times in 1985. “The great Heifetz, Rubinstein, Gould and Furtwangler performances will make it to CD; some of them are already available. But hold on to your Johanna Martzy disks, your Irma […]