The April issue of Gramophone Magazine features a review for Gevorg Hakobyan, Constantine Orbelian, John Fisher, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Arias of Love & Sorrow: “Gevorg Hakobyan is a name new to me but, as this album suggests, he is clearly a fine singer: a dramatic baritone with a grand, powerful voice – smooth,…
Rafael de Acha’s All About the Arts previews Nina Kotova’s Solo Cello release: “Masterfully, Nina Kotova navigates the intricacies of Marin Marais’s Couplets des Folies d’Espagne, originally conceived for the 17th century viola da gamba, arranged for cello by the artist and Christian Döbereiner. Next, she journeys to the eighteenth century for a pair of noble performances:…
The Journal of Singing‘s latest issue features a wonderful new review for Mark Abel’s “Trois Femmes” from the album, Spectrum: “Mark Abel, whose works frequently have been reviewed in this column, is a gifted and fascinating composer… The texts are effective and insightful, drawing the listener into the intriguing life stories of three women, icons…
Limelight Magazine names Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff a February 2023 Editor’s Choice and gives it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! “All four primary works here date from the 1920s, a period when Schulhoff’s writing was at its peak. Despite the variety of influences, musical interest never flags. The earliest work is the Concerto for Piano and…
The March/April 2023 issue of Fanfare Magazine features a rave review from Henry Fogel for Francesco Lecce-Chong, the Santa Rosa Symphony, Zuill Bailey, and Elizabeth Dorman’s recording of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Cello Concerto & Other Works: “we should never take for granted a composer who writes music that is admired by professional musicians and at…
The March/April 2023 issue of Fanfare Magazine features a warm recommendation for Spectrum: Music by Mark Abel: “[Mark Abel’s] music is tonal, although at times it stretches tonal boundaries, and he has a genuine melodic gift that serves him well. … [The Book of Esther]… is scored for soprano (Esther) and mezzo-soprano (Vashti, the queen…
The March/April 2023 issue of Fanfare Magazine features a wonderful recommendation for Dominic Cheli, James Conlon, and the Colburn School’s Shapeshifter recording of the Music of Erwin Schulhoff: “This recording, carrying the title Shapeshifter, was made in conjunction with the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Conductor James Conlon has…
Remy Franck gives his highest marks to Gevorg Hakobyan’s new Arias of Love & Sorrow recording with John Fisher, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony in the Pizzicato Journal: “an exciting program that is well suited to Hakobyan’s dramatic voice. There is not a aria on this CD where I would say that Habokyan’s…
WQXR’s Max Fine has a new story titled, “Why You Should Listen to Erwin Schulhoff”, and features Dominic Cheli, James Conlon, and the Colburn School’s Shapeshifter recording: “In October 2022, Conlon, pianist Dominic Cheli, and artists from the Colburn School released a new album of Schulhoff’s music, Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff. Shapeshifter features the composer’s works primarily…
Rafael de Acha gives a glowing review of Gevorg Hakobyan’s Delos debut album, Arias of Love & Sorrow: “In one of the finest calling-card débuts we have heard in quite some time – the DELOS recording ARIAS OF LOVE & SORROW – Gevorg Hakobyan brings keen interpretive intelligence and a gift for coloring his sound to suit the…
Textura Magazine recommends Dominic Cheli, Adam Millstein, James Conlon, and the Colburn School’s Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff recording: “The single-movement Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra towers over the other pieces for sheer length. Not surprisingly, the twenty-one-minute work ventures down multiple stylistic avenues during its journey, with the piano soloist and two chromatic motifs operating…
MusicWeb International critic David Barker reviews Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Cello Concerto & Other Works featuring Zuill Bailey, Francesco Lecce-Chong, Elizabeth Dorman, and the Santa Rosa Symphony: “exceptionally enjoyable, rich in diverse moods, glorious melodies, and catchy rhythms. … Peanuts Gallery is one of Zwilich’s best-loved works… For sheer joyous pleasure, it is hard to go past Snoopy…
All Music‘s James Manheim gives Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff from James Conlon and the Colburn School a 4.5 star rating in his new review: “The music is delivered with a valuable jolt of enthusiasm by the youthful players, and Conlon and company make a powerful case for its inclusion in the general repertory going…
The December 2022–January 2023 issue of The Whole Note features a wonderful review for our Mark Abel: Spectrum release: “Not only do we meet Isabel Bayrakdarian, a haunting soprano singing emotionally in praise of three women artists we might never have known if Abel had not set their lives to song, but we find ourselves…
“Mark Abel continues to demonstrate his versatility in the works on the newest Delos release of his music, ‘Spectrum’, a generous two-disc helping of song-cycles, chamber pieces and excerpts from an opera still roaming around the California-based composer’s fertile brain. As the previous recordings revealed, Abel writes in a poetic tonal style, at times reminiscent…
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