Field: Complete Nocturnes Alice Sara Ott, piano (Deutsche Grammophon) The Irish composer John Field (1782-1837) is commonly said to have invented the nocturne as a piece for piano, passing the form along for his younger contemporary Frédéric Chopin to perfect. If sometimes forgotten, Field’s contributions have hardly escaped notice. Liszt …
One of the most interesting and satisfying concerts of the classical music season was last week at Carnegie Hall. The conductor Raphaël Pichon, a rising star in Europe, led a version of “Mein Traum,” his collage of works by Schubert and some contemporaries, an intermissionless program that broods and rages …
Some museums are encyclopedic. Can art fairs be, too? In 2016, the venerable Winter Show at the Park Avenue Armory, which for 60 years was called the Winter Antiques Show, began admitting works made after 1969. Three years later, “Antiques” dropped from the name. Now in its 71st edition, this …
Hidden away in a nondescript building in Parsippany, N.J., are four dazzling remnants of the crown jewels of France. They are safeguarded there by their owner, Tiffany & Company. The jewelry emporium bought the diamond-filled works of art through an improbable chain of events, beginning with a grand public auction …