MusicWeb International‘s critics have released their 2019 Recordings of the Year and critic Ralph Moore has selected our Verdi: Messa da Requiem CD/Blu-Ray/DVD/Download! “We are hardly short of recordings of Verdi’s Requiem but I recommend this new version by one of the greatest living Russian conductors, Yuri Temirkanov, as it stars two great female singers…
The Whole Note‘s Terry Robbins reviews Ilya Gringolts and Dmitry Kouzov’s Eisler, Ravel, Widmann Duos album in their December 2019 issue: “The central work on the disc is the two-volume 24 Duos for Violin and Cello from 2008 by the German composer Jörg Widmann. … the double stopping and special effects present technical difficulties that bring brilliant…
Rafael de Acha gives a five-star review to David Shifrin and the Dover, and Harlem Quartets recording, Clarinet Quintets for Our Time: “a testimony to the riches of American chamber music. … The album features three selections each averaging 18 minutes in length, each distinctive in its compositional style, two impeccably played by the Dover Quartet,…
MusicWeb International critic Steve Arloff reviews David Shifrin and the Miró, Dover, and Jasper String Quartets recording, Spring Forward: Music for Clarinet and String Quartet: “I find myself repeating the same impressions when reviewing works by American composers: they are always fascinating in their exploration of new ideas, and long may it remain so. There…
The Absolute Sound’s Stephen Estep gives a four-star Music & Sonics rating to Christopher Atzinger’s Piano Music of John Knowles Paine recording: “John Knowles Paine may not be a household name, but his music is firmly in the lineage of Field, Chopin, and Schumann. … These selections reveal his talent and skill, a subtle sense…
“‘What a gorgeous voice—like a Rolls Royce. She must sing in the best theaters in the world!’, said the late Dmitri Hvorostovsky about Veronika Dzhioevo. And it is a fine voice. Moreover it is used with dramatic imagination… She has a voice that is even from top to bottom and has its own distinct color.…
Patrick Hanudel reviews Robert Dilutis and the Mellifera Quartet’s Clarinet Classics at Riversdale recording in the November/December 2019 issue of American Record Guide: “DiLutis directs the recital with a clear tone, a silky legato, expressive phrasing, and brilliant technique; and he grabs the listener in the unaccompanied selections with a wonderful variety of ideas and…
Stephen Estep recommends Christopher Atzinger’s new Piano Music of John Knowles Paine recording in the 2019 November/December issue of American Record Guide: “John Knowles Paine, trained in Europe, was America’s first widely accepted composer and first professor of music; he taught John Alden Carpenter, Frederick Converse, Arthur Foote, and many others. His several piano pieces…
American Record Guide reviews Conspirare’s The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad in their November/December 2019 Issue: “Eriks Esenvalds, Ola Gjeilo, and Eric Whitacre might have to slide down the bench a little to make room for a newcomer. … Runestad’s music tends to be luminous, spiritually-charged, enmeshed with the texts that inspired…
Gramophone reviews Veronika Dzhioeva’s Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony in the 2019 Awards Issue: “Though it clocks it at just under an hour, there’s plenty of bang for your buck in this high-voltage recital by a rising soprano … Veronika Dzhioeva has the impressive breath control and cutting edge…
Gramophone Magazine’s Awards Issue has a review for Conspirare’s recording of The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad: “Thoreau’s words go far in encapsulating many of the works on this first full disc of the American composer’s music, especially as performed by the sterling Austin-based choral ensemble Conspirare. Runestad has wedded exquisite music…
AllMusic has a new review from James Manheim for Christopher Atzinger’s recording of The Piano Music of John Knowles Paine: “Christopher Atzinger effectively teases out the distinctive features. As a composer of piano music, Paine is at his best when he is humorous and homey. There aren’t really characteristically American features of his music; that would come with…
The InfoDad review team reviews Piet Koornhof and Albie van Schalkwyk’s new Violin Plus One recording and gives it their highest rating! “Piet Koornhof and Albie van Schalkwyk are a superbly matched pair whose sensitivity and emotional resonance make their performances of emotive, lyrical, mostly well-known Romantic repertoire a joy in which to luxuriate. ……
Richard Hanlon reviews Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works By Mason Bates on MusicWeb International: “Sirens actually dates from 2009, and certain fingerprints of what might be deemed as Bates’ mature language are present and correct. It’s a fine sequence, luxuriantly performed by Cappella SF under their founding conductor Ragnar Bohlin.…
Limelight Magazine‘s Tony Way gives a four-star review to Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works By Mason Bates: “Bates’ mastery of vocal harmony, texture and rhythm is as impressive as the performance given by professional group, Cappella SF. … The inner [Mass Transmission] movement is a calm, choral oasis that…
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