Order Now “Tenor John Osborn has released a new disc of operatic arias on the Delos label, and it’s a beauty. … The new Delos album shows the tenor’s artistry to striking effect, and he receives admirable support from Maestro Constantine Orbelian, the Kaunas City Symphony, and – in Arnold’s great scène from GUILLAUME TELL…
Order Now “I thought I’d heard all variations and interpretations of Tchaikovsky, I thought I couldn’t be surprised by a new rendition, but I was wrong. … Never have I heard these pieces played with such precision, such passion, such lust. I became lost as I slipped through the rabbit hole to determine my own…
Order Now ForumOpera has a great new review for Angelique Zuluaga’s Poldowski Art Songs! “After having given Nadia Boulanger an infinitely well-deserved homage, the American label is further pursuing the defense and illustration of the French mélodie with another unjustly neglected female composer: Poldowski, alias Irène Régine Wieniawska, AKA Lady Dean Paul (1879-1932). … here…
Order Now “Nina Kotova has joined links with Russian maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev to replay the wonderful works of Tchaikovsky in her latest album ‘Tchaikovsky’. The album includes a total of thirteen emotional, moving and simply terrific pieces by the man himself – played with soul and meaning. … Conclusively, the album is a terrific showcase…
Order Now BBC Music Magazine gives Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s new Russia Cast Adrift recording a four-star review: “The title sounds political, but the songs are far more personal — the anguish of a young man at odds with the revolutionary-era world, and finding expression in nature. Yesenin’s deceptively plain language and imagery are sensitively echoed in…
Order Now “her songs… are well crafted, harmonically sure-footed… she is most at home…when she tackles the poetry of Paul Verlaine. On this disc we find thirteen settings of him. Several of the poems have been set by colleagues, for instance L’heur exquise which is one of Reynaldo Hahn’s finest songs. But Poldowski’s version is…
Order Now The Absolute Sound’s Alan Taffel took a journey through Duruflé’s Requeim and selected his top three recordings, which included The Duruflé Album (DE3619) featuring Dennis Keene and the Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra : “Keene’s groups bring out this work’s every nuance and power through its climactic moments. Keene takes an unhurried…
Order Now “This recording presents an orchestration of Sviridov’s song-cycle on verses by Yesenin, Russia Cast Adrift, in a remarkable arrangement made by Evgeny Stetsyuk for orchestra and Russian folk instruments. It is remarkable because it brings out all the colour inherent in the piano original – think of the ‘symphonic dimension’ of the piano…
MusicWeb International offers praise for pianist Paulina Zamora’s new Debussy: 12 Études recording: Order Now “Paulina is a Chilean-American, and she gave a performance of Etudes, according to the detailed and interesting notes, to a rapturous reception in Santiago. I can well believe it, as she is very proficient and has a clear empathy for…
Dmitri Hvorostovsky‘s new Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift recording gets a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating from Planet Hugill: Order Now “With its lyricism, powerful emotional tone and richly dark emotional depths, this is very much the style Sviridov’s music which was admired in Russia, as it expresses feelings for Russia and the Russian soul. … It is a…
Gramophone Magazine has announced the 72 recordings that have been shortlisted for the 2017 Gramophone Classical Music Awards and Jamie Barton and Brian Zeger’s All Who Wander recording has been nominated in the Solo Vocal category! Revisit the original Gramophone review below: Order Now “Anyone who watched Jamie Barton sail serenely to victory at 2013’s…
Order Now “Dmitri Hvorostovsky claims a strong attachment to Sviridov’s music, as well as a deep respect and liking for the man himself. … He was in good voice, his rich Russian tones either ringing out or caressing the listener’s ears in velvet utterance. … The music…exploits a range of emotions in illustrating words that,…
Order Now “…another outstanding recording by UW-Madison cellist Uri Vardi gets released by Delos Records. The recording, which features clarinet trios by Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms and clarinet-cello duos by contemporary composer Jan Radzynski, has all the makings of another winner. For one, the repertoire is a fine mix of the late Classical…
Order Now “The fact that, even today, performances and recordings of Debussy’s 12 Études from 1915 are relatively scarce makes the appearance of any complete recording a cause for curiosity. The latest is by the Chilean-American pianist Paulina Zamora, who now teaches at the University of Chile in Santiago. A sincere and persuasive musician, Zamora’s…
Order Now “Lili Boulanger seems for some years to have found the place she deserves in the pantheon of French composers, despite the infinitely regrettable brevity of her career. As for Nadia Boulanger, it was believed that the case had been heard for a long time: a genius pedagogue , by which so many composers…
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