Alex Ross bibliography

A list of the works by or about music critic Alex Ross.

Books[edit]

Ross, Alex (2007). The rest is noise : listening to the Twentieth Century. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
— (2010). Listen to this. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
— (2020). Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- — (2020). Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music (U.K. ed.). London: 4th Estate.

Essays, reporting and other contributions[edit]

1993–2009[edit]

Ross, Alex (April 12, 1993). "Grand seductions". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 69 (8): 115–120.^[1]
— (April 25, 1994). "Generation Exit". Postscript. The New Yorker.
— (September 4, 1995). "Mahlermania". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker.
— (March 11, 1996). "Mann in Love". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker.
— (August 19, 1996). "The shock of the true". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker.
— (August 26, 1996). "The musical kaleidoscope". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker.
— (December 16, 1996). "The battle of Britten". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker.
— (February 3, 1997). "Great soul". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker.
— (February 17, 1997). "Native sons". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker.
— (March 10, 1997). "Beautiful Nightmare". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker.
— (March 24, 1997). "The Shining". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker.
— (April 14, 1997). "Johnny One–Note". The Talk of the Town. De–Programming Heaven's Gate. The New Yorker. 73 (8): 32–33.
— (April 28 – May 5, 1997). "The Finnish crescendo". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. 73 (10): 55–56.
— (2006). "Doctor Atomic 'Countdown'". In Gaitskill, Mary & Daphne Carr (eds.). Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 : the year's finest writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Country, & more. Cambridge: Da Capo Press.

2010–2014[edit]

Ross, Alex (March 15, 2010). "Baritone Poem". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 86 (4): 15.^[2]
— (March 29, 2010). "House of style". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (6): 90–92.^[3]
— (April 19, 2010). "Sweet noises". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (9).^[4]
— (April 26, 2010). "Pandora's box". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 86 (10): 11.
— (November 15, 2010). "Disquiet". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (36): 92–93.^[5]
— (March 14, 2011). "Admirable Nelsons". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 10.^[6]
— (March 14, 2011). "Reverberations". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 74–75.^[7]
— (November 14, 2011). "Third-base blues". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 14.^[8]
— (November 14, 2011). "Heart to heart". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 86–87.^[9]
— (December 19–26, 2011). "Prince of darkness". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 87 (41): 84–92.^[10]
— (February 13–20, 2012). "Number Nine". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (1): 116–117.^[11]
— (April 16, 2012). "Joyful noise : Michael Tilson Thomas's "American Mavericks" festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (9): 104–106.
— (November 19, 2012). "Royal command". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 88 (36): 20.^[12]
— (November 19, 2012). "Primal scream". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (36): 92–93.^[13]
— (December 3, 2012). "Retaking the stage : The Tempest and Un Ballo in Maschera at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (38): 110–111.
— (January 28, 2013). "After Chopin". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 88 (45): 13.^[14]
— (February 4, 2013). "The power of four : string quartets multiply across New York". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (46): 76–77.
— (March 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.^[15]
— (March 25, 2013). "Illuminated : George Benjamin's long-awaited masterpiece". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (6): 104–105.^[16]
— (April 8, 2013). "Shock tactics : smaller opera companies break the routine". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (8): 84–85.
— (April 15, 2013). "Singing shadows : early music finds new life downtown". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (9): 82–83.
— (April 29, 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.
— (June 10–17, 2013). "Return engagement : James Levine resumes conducting". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (17): 100–102.
— (July 1, 2013). "Capricious Bach". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (19): 13.
— (July 8–15, 2013). "Water music : John Luther Admas's "Become Ocean," at the Seattle Symphony". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (20): 92–93.
— (October 28, 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.
— (November 4, 2013). "Imperious : the problem with Valery Gergiev". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (35): 112–113.
— (November 25, 2013). "Finales : the Minnesota Orchestra cancels, and Hilary Hahn stages a festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (38): 132–133.
— (January 6, 2014). "Holy fool : 'Falstaff' at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (43): 68–69.
— (February 3, 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. Steven Schick.
— (March 3, 2014). "Drowned sounds : Pawel Szymanski's opera 'Qudsja Zaber', in Warsaw". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (2): 76–77.
— (March 24, 2014). "The Vienna fixation : the 'City of Dreams' festival, at Carnegie Hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (5): 94–95.
— (April 14, 2014). "Séance : the pianist Igor Levit plays late Beethoven". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (8): 84–85.
— (June 2, 2014). "Notes of dissent : in Hungary, Iván Fischer is shaking up music and politics". Letter from Budapest. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 36–41.
— (August 25, 2014). "Under the stars : the Hollywood Bowl gets a digital upgrade". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (24): 70–71.
— (October 20, 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.
— (December 15, 2014). "Wall of sound : a resurgence of organ music in the concert hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (40): 66–68.

2015–2019[edit]

Ross, Alex (February 2, 2015). "Sound and silence : Juilliard's 'Focus!' concerts celebrate modern Japanese composers". The New Yorker. 90 (46): 8.
— (February 9, 2015). "Eyes and ears : at the Metropolitan Museum, early music in the galleries". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (47): 74–75.
— (March 16, 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.
— (April 13, 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. Jordi Savall.
— (April 20, 2015). "Surround Sound: The New Philharmonie de Paris Combines Sing-Alongs and Symphonies". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 94–95.^[17]
— (November 23, 2015). "Desperadoes: 'Lulu' at the Met, 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 91 (37): 102–104.^[18]
— (December 7, 2015). "The shadow : a hundred years of Orson Welles". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 91 (39): 72–78.^[19]
— (February 22, 2016). "Stars and snow : Messiaen's 'Canyons,' and Abrahamsen's 'let me tell you.'". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 92 (2): 80–81.
— (February 29, 2016). "Fish out of water". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 92 (3): 18–19.^[20]
— (July 25, 2016). "Puccini plus". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 92 (22): 8.^[21]
— (November 7, 2016). "A sudden shadow : the Met highlights the darkness in Rossini's William Tell". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 76–77.^[22]
— (January 2, 2017). "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.^[23]
— (February 27, 2017). "Singing philosophy : Kate Soper's theatre of the mind". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (2): 74–75.^[24]
— (March 20, 2017). "L. A. rhapsody : a globe–trotting composer–conductor writes a concerto for Yo–Yo Ma". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 93 (5): 18.^[25]
— (April 24, 2017). "To Lou, with love". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 93 (10): 18.^[26]
— (May 1, 2017). "Nordic fire : the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates the music of Iceland". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (11): 78–79.^[27]
— (July 3, 2017). "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.^[28]
— (August 21, 2017). "Power play : fresh provocations at the Salzburg Festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 80–81.^[29]
— (October 30, 2017). "Tremors : the deep sounds of Ashley Fure's 'The Force of Things'". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (34): 74–75.^[30]
— (September 17, 2018). "Hero worship : Leonard Bernstein's centenary". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 94 (28): 68–69.^[31]
— (May 27, 2019). "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.^[32]
— (June 3, 2019). "Salieri's revenge". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 95 (15): 26–31.^[33]
— (November 18, 2019). "Sorrowful songs : Julia Bullock and Christoan Gerhaher bring fresh approaches to classic lieder". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 78–79.^[34]

2020–[edit]

Ross, Alex (January 6, 2020). "Queens of the night". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (43): 64–65.^[35]
— (January 13, 2020). "Mind storms : 'Wozzeck' and 'The Queen of Spades' at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (44): 70–71.^[36]
Woolfe, Zachary & Alex Ross (2021). "The evolving role of music journalism". In Beckerman, Michael & Paul Boghossian (eds.). Classical music : contemporary perspectives and challenges. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
Ross, Alex (2021). "A report on new music". In Beckerman, Michael & Paul Boghossian (eds.). Classical music : contemporary perspectives and challenges. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
— (March 22, 2021). "Music regained : new compact disks conjure the sounds of Proust's salons". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 97 (5): 72–73.^[37]
— (June 21, 2021). "Opus One : the mysterious Renaissance man who helped turn composition into an art". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 97 (17): 26–31.^[38]
— (September 27, 2021). "Vanishing act : the Austrian-born architect Richard Neutra perfected a signature Los Angeles look : houses that erase the boundary between inside and outside". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 97 (30): 60–71.^[39]
— (May 23, 2022). "Basin and range : the South Dakota Symphony presents a craggy new work by John Luther Adams". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 98 (13): 66–67.^[40]
— (February 6, 2023). "The first composer : the cosmic musical visions of Hildegard of Bingen". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 98 (48): 24–28.^[41]
— (June 19, 2023). "Sonic Signatures". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023.^[42]

Critical studies and reviews of Ross' work[edit]

Wagnerism

Halliwell, Michael (January–February 2021). "'Endless melody by the year' : Alex Ross's paean to Richard Wagner". Australian Book Review. 428: 31–32.

Notes[edit]

^ Review of Koestenbaum, Wayne (1993). The queen's throat : opera, homosexuality, and the mystery of desire. New York: Poseidon Press.
^ Discusses baritone Gerald Finley.
^ Peter Gelb and the 2010/11 season at the Metropolitan Opera.
^ William Christie at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
^ New York City Opera's production of Leonard Bernstein's opera A Quiet Place.
^ Andris Nelsons.
^ Discusses John Adams' Nixon in China; eighth blackbird's Tune-In Festival; John Luther Adams' Inuksuit.
^ The Metropolitan Opera production of Siegfried at the Met.
^ The Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.
^ On Carlo Gesualdo.
^ Philip Glass.
^ Joyce DiDonato's "Drama Queens" at Carnegie Hall.
^ 100 years of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
^ Witold Lutoslawski.
^ West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
^ Written on Skin.
^ Title in the online table of contents is "Symphonies and Sing-Alongs".
^ Online version is titled "Opera's Bad Girl".
^ Title in the online table of contents is "A hundred years of Orson Welles".
^ David Lang.
^ Online version is titled "Italianate ardor, beyond Puccini".
^ Online version is titled "The cosmic message of 'William Tell'".
^ Online version is titled "Bach’s holy dread".
^ Online version is titled "Kate Soper’s philosophy-opera".
^ Online version is titled "A complex concerto for Yo–Yo Ma".
^ Online version is titled "New York celebrates a composer who left town".
^ Online version is titled "The L.A. Philharmonic celebrates Iceland".
^ Online version is titled "Renée Fleming and Alan Gilbert take their bows".
^ Online version is titled "The Salzburg Festival reawakens".
^ Online version is titled "Infrasound opera".
^ Online version is titled "Leonard Bernstein and the perils of hero worship".
^ Online version is titled "The Shed attempts to inject culture into Hudson Yards".
^ Online version is titled "Antonio Salieri's revenge".
^ Online version is titled "Sorrowful songs at the White Light Festival".
^ Online version is titled "Opera against the patriarchy".
^ Title in the online table of contents is "Operatic shows of force".
^ Online version is titled "Conjuring the music of Proust’s salons".
^ Online version is titled "The musical mysteries of Josquin".
^ Online version is titled "Richard Neutra's architectural vanishing act".
^ Online version is titled "How the South Dakota Symphony became one of America's boldest orchestras".
^ Online version is titled "Hildegard of Bingen composes the cosmos".
^ Online version is titled "The Sonic Signatures of Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho".

External links[edit]

"Contributors: Alex Ross". The New Yorker.

[1] Review of Koestenbaum, Wayne (1993). The queen's throat : opera, homosexuality, and the mystery of desire. New York: Poseidon Press.

[2] Discusses baritone Gerald Finley.

[3] Peter Gelb and the 2010/11 season at the Metropolitan Opera.

[4] William Christie at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

[5] New York City Opera's production of Leonard Bernstein's opera A Quiet Place.

[6] Andris Nelsons.

[7] Discusses John Adams' Nixon in China; eighth blackbird's Tune-In Festival; John Luther Adams' Inuksuit.

[8] The Metropolitan Opera production of Siegfried at the Met.

[9] The Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.

[10] On Carlo Gesualdo.

[11] Philip Glass.

[12] Joyce DiDonato's "Drama Queens" at Carnegie Hall.

[13] 100 years of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

[14] Witold Lutoslawski.

[15] West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

[16] Written on Skin.

[17] Title in the online table of contents is "Symphonies and Sing-Alongs".

[18] Online version is titled "Opera's Bad Girl".

[19] Title in the online table of contents is "A hundred years of Orson Welles".

[20] David Lang.

[21] Online version is titled "Italianate ardor, beyond Puccini".

[22] Online version is titled "The cosmic message of 'William Tell'".

[23] Online version is titled "Bach’s holy dread".

[24] Online version is titled "Kate Soper’s philosophy-opera".

[25] Online version is titled "A complex concerto for Yo–Yo Ma".

[26] Online version is titled "New York celebrates a composer who left town".

[27] Online version is titled "The L.A. Philharmonic celebrates Iceland".

[28] Online version is titled "Renée Fleming and Alan Gilbert take their bows".

[29] Online version is titled "The Salzburg Festival reawakens".

[30] Online version is titled "Infrasound opera".

[31] Online version is titled "Leonard Bernstein and the perils of hero worship".

[32] Online version is titled "The Shed attempts to inject culture into Hudson Yards".

[33] Online version is titled "Antonio Salieri's revenge".

[34] Online version is titled "Sorrowful songs at the White Light Festival".

[35] Online version is titled "Opera against the patriarchy".

[36] Title in the online table of contents is "Operatic shows of force".

[37] Online version is titled "Conjuring the music of Proust’s salons".

[38] Online version is titled "The musical mysteries of Josquin".

[39] Online version is titled "Richard Neutra's architectural vanishing act".

[40] Online version is titled "How the South Dakota Symphony became one of America's boldest orchestras".

[41] Online version is titled "Hildegard of Bingen composes the cosmos".

[42] Online version is titled "The Sonic Signatures of Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho".

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