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…
The Whole Note Magazine’s October 2019 issue features a review for Robert DiLutis and the Mellifera Quartet’s Clarinet Classics at Riversdale: “What’s not to love about Carl Maria von Weber? … On Clarinet Classics at Riversdale, Robert DiLutis opens with Weber’s Quintet in B-flat Major OP. 34. Accompanied by the very fine Mellifera Quartet, DiLutis…
Tiina Kiik reviews A Tribute to Danny Granados in the September issue of The Whole Note magazine: “The Fidelis String Quartet is a tight ensemble with great musicality. Granados fits in so well that his unique colourful clarinet playing never overwhelms the quartet as it blends with the strings. Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 is…
“It is easy to listen to this through the prism of sadness at a life cut short in its prime… But shorn of such sentiment and nostalgia, this performance still stands proud on its own terms; whatever else he was, Granados was clearly a gifted clarinettist with a strong empathy for the nostalgic sentimentality of…
MusicWeb International‘s Jonathan Woolf reviews Piano Music of John Knowles Paine by pianist Christopher Atzinger: “Paine’s piano music hasn’t really been explored in much depth.… So all thanks are due to Christopher Atzinger for getting to grips with a body of Paine’s piano repertoire. It shows Paine’s rootedness in the German romantic literature of his…
Gramophone Magazine’s Guy Rickards reviews Robert Dilutis and the Mellifera Quartet’s Clarinet Classics at Riversdale recording in the October 2019 issue’s Sounds of America section: “Sometimes, not as often as I would like, one listens to a new disc and knows from the very first phrase that it is a winner. This superbly performed programme…
Rafael de Acha reviews the new CD version of Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s Continent’s End recording: “Listening to Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s CONTINENT’S END I was struck by how both its music and its interpreters, the fine mezzo-soprano Buffy Baggott and her equally accomplished partner, pianist Kevin Korth perfectly embrace the text of the nine poems of Robinson Jeffers in the…
Virtuosi Ilya Gringolts, violin, and Dmitry Kouzov, cello, perform three great duos—two from the 20th century and one from the 21st. The graceful, expressive and witty Duo for Violin and Cello by Hanns Eisler, written when the composer was 26 years old, is a multifaceted work showcasing the composer’s brilliant intellect. In Jörg Widmann’s 24 Duos for Violin and Cello, from 2008, the…
The September/October 2019 issue of American Record Guide features Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates: “[Mason Bates’s] music is tonal, original, and finely wrought. … The combination of various languages [in Sirens] underlines the postmodern temporality. … Mass Transmissions is enticing and moving. … One of Bates’s…
David Reynolds reviews Kristian Benedikt‘s Delos debut recording, Tenore di Forza in the September/October 2019 issue of American Record Guide: “Kristian Benedikt is a clarion, call-to-arms type of tenor that we are in sore need of right now. … His top notes ring out massively and, I suspect, are even more effective in the house,…
Joseph Newsome reviews Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin‘s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates on Voix des Arts: “Were their texts wordless, the choral works by American composer Mason Bates on the captivating Delos release Mass Transmission would impart engagingly provocative messages, but, like choral music itself, this tunesmith’s music divulges a notable gift for crafting…
Jean-Yves Duperron reviews Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson’s new recording, The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad on Classical Music Sentinel: “[Conspirare] swaddles you within a soothing sonic cocoon. … a seamless and effortless delivery, smooth entries, perfect blend and highly gradual dynamics. … Craig Hella Johnson has certainly picked the music of a…
Jonathan Woolf reviews Christopher Atzinger’s new recording of the Piano Music of John Knowles Paine on MusicWeb International: “all thanks are due to Christopher Atzinger for getting to grips with a body of Paine’s piano repertoire. It shows Paine’s rootedness in the German romantic literature of his time; the Romance, Op.39 is both gentle and…
Rafael de Acha reviews Veronika Dzhioeva’s new Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra: “The late Dimitri Hvorostovsky was right when he said: “What a gorgeous voice – like a Rolls Royce, she must sing in the best theaters in the world!” I agree. … The beautiful, big voiced, intensely…
South African violinist Piet Koornhof is Delos’s most often-recorded violin virtuoso, having participated in seven previous recordings for us: both as soloist with piano accompaniment and with larger ensembles. This most impressive release pairs him with a superb pianist, although most knowledgeable listeners think of these beloved pieces as works for violin and orchestra. In…
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