James R. Oestreich
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Seiji Ozawa, Captivating Conductor, Is Dead at 88
He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, toured widely and helped dispel prejudices about East Asian classical musicians.
Illuminating Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, a Pinnacle of Russian Sacred Rep
Steven Fox and the Clarion Choir are tending to a less well-known part of the composer’s canon for his 150th birthday: His choral works.
Richard Taruskin Was Classical Music’s Towering Intellectual
Richard Taruskin, who died on Friday, is remembered by his former editor at The New York Times and elsewhere.