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The best classical albums of 2025 so far

Geoff Brown | Neil Fisher. Monday November 03 2025, 11.00pm GMT, The Times Anna Clyne Abstractions Naxos Several emotions, mostly happy, dominate this new album of music by the imaginative genre-bending British composer Anna Clyne, long resident in the United States. Marin Alsop conjures up excellent live performances from the organisation she conducted for 14…

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Classical Music News Conductor Marin Alsop Signs With Pentatone

The record label has announced a long-term partnership with Alsop, who has now joined its artist roster. By The Violin Channel. October 17, 2025 Based in the Netherlands, the Pentatone record label has welcomed the GRAMMY-nominated American conductor Marin Alsop to its roster of internationally renowned artists. This new partnership with the label will see…

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Marin Alsop and Yunchan Lim renew their collaboration in a twentieth-century Philadelphia journey

October 7, 2025 by Edward Sava-Segal Yunchan Lim (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor). Marian Anderson Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.10.2025. (ES-S) The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 125th-anniversary season opened its subscription series with a twentieth-century journey that moved backward in time. Under Marin Alsop, now the orchestra’s principal guest conductor, the program paired the world…

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The best classical albums of 2025 so far

Geoff Brown | Neil Fisher Monday September 29 2025, 11.00pm BST, The Times Anna Clyne Abstractions Marin Alsop conjures up excellent live performances from the organisation she conducted for 14 years, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Read more here.

Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra hits the road

Friday 19 September 2025 – 18:35pm eNCA’S Theodor Mashele reports. JOHANNESBURG – The Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra is hitting the road this December with its biggest tour yet, Voices of Home. World-renowned conductor, Marin Alsop, will team up with South African cello star, Abel Selaocoe, for a programme that blends global brilliance with local soul. From…

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Review: Philadelphia Orchestra begins SPAC residency with a boom

Guest conductor Marin Alsop delivers a rousing start to Philly’s annual stay at the Saratoga Springs venue. By Joseph Dalton, Aug 7, 2025 Photo: Erica Miller/Courtesy of SPAC SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 59th annual SPAC residency got off to a fine start on Wednesday evening with the annual “Tchaikovsky Spectacular” under the baton…

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Pianist Magazine: Hong Kong heist in Fort Worth

“With the first movement of his Beethoven 4, he supplied the most cherishable musical moment I took away from my week in Fort Worth. This was in no small part down to some inspired accompaniment by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop.” Read more here.

Marin Alsop, Stephen Williamson, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Give a Passionate Performance at Ravinia

By: Louis Harris. July 30, 2025 With Marin Alsop conducting, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continued its summer residency at Ravinia late Sunday afternoon with a passionate performance of two classical chestnuts, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, No. 4 in A-Major, and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. In between, the CSO’s principal clarinetist Stephen Williamson soloed for an…

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CSO’s summer season opens at Ravinia Festival

July 13, 2025 By Hanna Edgar The Chicago Symphony’s return to Ravinia? Make it double. On July 11 and 12, the orchestra and chief festival conductor Marin Alsop opened its season with two twinned programs. Both began with engrossing contemporary American openers: Carlos Simon’s “AMEN!” on Friday, Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” on Saturday. Those were followed…

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