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Larry Fuchsberg regularly contributes classical-music reviews and stories.

Gluck the reformer

Minnesota Opera opens its season with an opera that embodies its composer's zeal for a nobler, simpler, less "Italian" style.

Updated: September 23, 2010, - 02:28 PM

Without conductor, SPCO and soloist delight

In a concert full of pleasures, including Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, the Haydn concerto was a highlight.

Updated: September 17, 2010, - 06:18 PM

Litton conducts Mendelssohn with a light touch

Classical CD review: Andrew Litton conducts Mendelssohn.

Updated: July 24, 2010, - 01:44 PM

Vänskä, orchestra offer Beethoven unleashed

A fruitful partnership produces another electrifying performance, this one capturing an expectant lyricism.

Updated: July 19, 2010, - 06:04 PM

Gorgeous readings coalesce around Litton's keyboard skill

The notion somehow persists that chamber music is the exclusive property of a coterie. Susceptible to conspiracy theories, I wonder whether this fabrication has been stealthily spread by enthusiasts looking to keep demand down and prices low. Happily, the audience for Sunday evening's marvelous Sommerfest program of music for strings and piano by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Fauré -- the first of only two chamber concerts in this year's festival -- was not deterred.

Updated: July 12, 2010, - 07:45 PM