Alex Ross bibliography

A list of the published works of music critic Alex Ross. See also listing at the New Yorker's web page.[1]

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Books

• The rest is noise : listening to the Twentieth Century. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2007.
• Listen to this. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2010.
• Wagnerism. Forthcoming.

Essays and reporting

1993–2009

• "Grand seductions". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 69 (8): 115–120. April 12, 1993.[2]
• "Generation Exit". Postscript. The New Yorker. April 25, 1994.
• "Mahlermania". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. September 4, 1995.
• "Mann in Love". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. March 11, 1996.
• "The shock of the true". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. August 19, 1996.
• "The musical kaleidoscope". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. August 26, 1996.
• "The battle of Britten". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. December 16, 1996.
• "Great soul". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. February 3, 1997.
• "Native sons". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. February 17, 1997.
• "Beautiful nightmare". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. March 10, 1997.

2010–2014

• "Baritone poem". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 86 (4): 15. March 15, 2010.[3]
• "House of style". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (6): 90–92. March 29, 2010.[4]
• "Sweet noises". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (9). April 19, 2010.[5]
• "Disquiet". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (36): 92–93. November 15, 2010.[6]
• "Admirable Nelsons". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 10. March 14, 2011.[7]
• "Reverberations". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 74–75. March 14, 2011.[8]
• "Third-base blues". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 14. November 14, 2011.[9]
• "Heart to heart". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 86–87. November 14, 2011.[10]
• "Prince of darkness". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 87 (41): 84–92. December 19–26, 2011.[11]
• "Number Nine". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (1): 116–117. February 13–20, 2012.[12]
• "Joyful noise : Michael Tilson Thomas's "American Mavericks" festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (9): 104–106. April 16, 2012.
• "Royal command". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 88 (36): 20. November 19, 2012.[13]
• "Primal scream". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (36): 92–93. November 19, 2012.[14]
• "Retaking the stage : The Tempest and Un Ballo in Maschera at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (38): 110–111. December 3, 2012.
• "After Chopin". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 88 (45): 13. January 28, 2013.[15]
• "The power of four : string quartets multiply across New York". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (46): 76–77. February 4, 2013.
• "Good knight". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 14. March 4, 2013.
• "Border crossings : East meets West at Carnegie Hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 78–79. March 4, 2013.[16]
• "Illuminated : George Benjamin's long-awaited masterpiece". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (6): 104–105. March 25, 2013.[17]
• "Shock tactics : smaller opera companies break the routine". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (8): 84–85. April 8, 2013.
• "Singing shadows : early music finds new life downtown". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (9): 82–83. April 15, 2013.
• "Spring kings". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (11): 6. April 29, 2013.
• "Even the score : female composers edge forward". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (11): 78–79. April 29, 2013.
• "Return engagement : James Levine resumes conducting". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (17): 100–102. June 10–17, 2013.
• "Capricious Bach". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (19): 13. July 1, 2013.
• "Water music : John Luther Admas's "Become Ocean," at the Seattle Symphony". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (20): 92–93. July 8–15, 2013.
• "Back to the future : Gotham Chamber Opera offers four mini-operas from 1927". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 89 (34): 16. October 28, 2013.
• "Imperious : the problem with Valery Gergiev". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (35): 112–113. November 4, 2013.
• "Finales : the Minnesota Orchestra cancels, and Hilary Hahn stages a festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (38): 132–133. November 25, 2013.
• "Holy fool : 'Falstaff' at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (43): 68–69. January 6, 2014.
• "The opera lab : the Prototype Festival rethinks a venerable genre". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 80–81. February 3, 2014.
• "Weather man : a percussion virtuoso patrols the outer reaches of sound". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 9. February 3, 2014. Steven Schick.
• "Drowned sounds : Pawel Szymanski's opera 'Qudsja Zaber', in Warsaw". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (2): 76–77. March 3, 2014.
• "The Vienna fixation : the 'City of Dreams' festival, at Carnegie Hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (5): 94–95. March 24, 2014.
• "Séance : the pianist Igor Levit plays late Beethoven". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (8): 84–85. April 14, 2014.
• "Notes of dissent : in Hungary, Iván Fischer is shaking up music and politics". Letter from Budapest. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 36–41. June 2, 2014.
• "Under the stars : the Hollywood Bowl gets a digital upgrade". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (24): 70–71. August 25, 2014.
• "Deus ex machina : Beethoven transformed music – but has veneration of him stifled his successors?". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 90 (32): 44–49. October 20, 2014.
• "Sound and fury : "Macbeth" at the Met, and Carl Nielsen at the Philharmonic". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (32): 104–105. October 20, 2014.
• "Wall of sound : a resurgence of organ music in the concert hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (40): 66–68. December 15, 2014.

2015–2019

• "Sound and silence : Juilliard's 'Focus!' concerts celebrate modern Japanese composers". The New Yorker. 90 (46): 8. February 2, 2015.
• "Eyes and ears : at the Metropolitan Museum, early music in the galleries". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (47): 74–75. February 9, 2015.
• "Dance of death : Thomas Adès's latest work is a meditation on an ancient theme". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 91 (4): 15. March 16, 2015.
• "The quiet man : the soft tones of the viol speak volumes at Carnegie Hall". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 91 (8): 8. April 13, 2015. Jordi Savall.
• "Surround sound : the new Philharmonie de Paris combines sing-alongs and symphonies". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 94–95. April 20, 2015.[18]
• "Fish out of water". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 92 (3): 18–19. February 29, 2016. David Lang.
• "A sudden shadow : the Met highlights the darkness in Rossini's William Tell". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 76–77. November 7, 2016.[19]
• "Holy dread : Bach has long been seen as a symbol of divine order. But his music has an unruly obsession with God". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 92 (43): 66–73. January 2, 2017.[20]
• "Nordic fire : the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates the music of Iceland". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (11): 78–79. May 1, 2017.[21]
• "Departures and arrivals : end-of-season changes at the Met and the New York Philharmonic". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 72–73. July 3, 2017.[22]
• "Power play : fresh provocations at the Salzburg Festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 80–81. August 21, 2017.[23]
• "Tremors : the deep sounds of Ashley Fure's 'The Force of Things'". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (34): 74–75. October 30, 2017.[24]
• "Hero worship : Leonard Bernstein's centenary". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 94 (28): 68–69. September 17, 2018.[25]
• "Culture by the Yards : the Shed, a West Side venue devoted to new work, opens". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (14): 74–75. May 27, 2019.[26]
• "Salieri's revenge". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 95 (15): 26–31. June 3, 2019.[27]
• "Sorrowful songs : Julia Bullock and Christoan Gerhaher bring fresh approaches to classic lieder". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 78–79. November 18, 2019.[28]

2020–

• "Queens of the night". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (43): 64–65. January 6, 2020.[29]
• "Mind storms : 'Wozzeck' and 'The Queen of Spades' at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (44): 70–71. January 13, 2020.[30]

Notes

1. "Contributors: Alex Ross". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
2. Review of Koestenbaum, Wayne (1993). The queen's throat : opera, homosexuality, and the mystery of desire. New York: Poseidon Press.
3. Discusses baritone Gerald Finley.
4. Peter Gelb and the 2010/11 season at the Metropolitan Opera.
5. William Christie at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
6. New York City Opera's production of Leonard Bernstein's opera A Quiet Place.
7. Andris Nelsons.
8. Discusses John Adams' Nixon in China; eighth blackbird's Tune-In Festival; John Luther Adams' Inuksuit.
9. The Metropolitan Opera production of Siegfried at the Met.
10. The Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.
11. On Carlo Gesualdo.
12. Philip Glass.
13. Joyce DiDonato's "Drama Queens" at Carnegie Hall.
14. 100 years of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
15. Witold Lutoslawski.
16. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
17. Written on Skin.
18. Title in the online table of contents is "Symphonies and sing-alongs".
19. Online version is titled "The cosmic message of 'William Tell'".
20. Online version is titled "Bach’s holy dread".
21. Online version is titled "The L.A. Philharmonic celebrates Iceland".
22. Online version is titled "Renée Fleming and Alan Gilbert take their bows".
23. Online version is titled "The Salzburg Festival reawakens".
24. Online version is titled "Infrasound opera".
25. Online version is titled "Leonard Bernstein and the perils of hero worship".
26. Online version is titled "The Shed attempts to inject culture into Hudson Yards".
27. Online version is titled "Antonio Salieri's revenge".
28. Online version is titled "Sorrowful songs at the White Light Festival".
29. Online version is titled "Opera against the patriarchy".
30. Title in the online table of contents is "Operatic shows of force".