Gramophone Magazine critic Donald Rosenberg reviews The Cave of Wondrous Voice: Chamber Music and Songs of Mark Abel in the August issue: “As he has demonstrated on previous recordings of songs and operas, [Mark Abel] treats words with shapely care, establishing vibrant and urgent contexts for the interaction of voice and instruments. Tsvetaeva’s verses make…
The ArtsFuse’s Jonathan Blumhofer reviews The Cave of Wondrous Voice: Chamber Music of Mark Abel: “One would find it hard to beat the all-star lineup featured in The Cave of Wondrous Voice, a new… survey of vocal and chamber music by the California-based composer Mark Abel. David Shifrin, Carol Rosenberger, Hila Plitmann, and Fred Sherry headline…
The International Clarinet Association’s publication, The Clarinet, has a newly published review of David Shifrin’s Spring Forward recording with the Miró, Dover, and Jasper String Quartets: “This recording is a refreshingly delightful collection of 21st century compositions for clarinet and string quartet featuring exquisite performances by David Shifrin and the Miró, Dover and Jasper String Quartets.…
Pizzicato Magazine gives a Four-Star rating to The Cave of Wondrous Voice: Chamber Music and Songs of Mark Abel in a review by Uwe Krusch: “truly outstanding artists… bring [Mark Abel’s] creations to vibrant musical life. Their devotion to the music at hand is heard in their collective ability to shape and sustain their interpretations. … [Clarinetist…
Now Available Worldwide! The Cave of Wondrous Voice: Chamber Music and Songs of Mark Abel The music in this album sings and dances, in Abel’s “colorful blend of styles that serve the emotional nature of each work to bracing and poignant effect” (Gramophone). It further clarifies why Abel is “one of the most interesting figures in American contemporary…
With Mark Abel’s new album “The Cave of Wondrous Voice” dropping on May 1, this seems like the right moment for these shots of legendary chamber players David Shifrin, Fred Sherry and Carol Rosenberger rehearsing Mark’s “Clarinet Trio” prior to its recording at Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon, NY. The images were taken by Leland…
The 2020 International Classical Music Awards have been announced, and Delos was represented by three albums in three categories! Contemporary Music Spring Forward David Shifrin, the Miró, Dover, and Jasper String Quartet’s present Spring Forward: Music for Clarinet and String Quartet featuring music by Peter Schickele, Richard Danielpour, and Aaron Jay Kernis. “everyone involved in…
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…
Master clarinetist David Shifrin partners with the Dover and Harlem String Quartets in an album that blazes with excitement. The three new quintets showcase the clarinet’s many moods and tones and explore the expressive capabilities of the string quartet as well. First on the album is Ducal Suite, featuring arrangements of compositions by Duke Ellington, followed by Chris Rogerson’s Thirty Thousand Days,…
InfoDad reviews the new David Shifrin recording Spring Forward featuring works by Peter Schickele, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Richard Danielpour performed by the Miró Quartet, Jasper String Quartet, and Dover Quartet: “David Shifrin’s deeply felt and strong commitment to the new clarinet literature as well as more-classical clarinet works leads him again and again to…
You may already be aware that the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are Europe’s rough equivalent to the classical end of our own Grammys, with distinguished jury members representing 16 different countries ranging from Turkey to Russia. Delos has been honored to receive eight ICMA nominations from 2016 to 2018, making Delos one of the handful…
TheaterJones.com‘s Auxiliary Input critic reviews David Shifrin‘s new recording of music by Carl Nielsen and finds more than expected: “This recording is … perfect in every respect. It’s mostly, if not completely, a live recording (and I’m learning to love these). You hear performers breathing, you hear key clicks and valve action—in short, you get…
Gramophone Magazine has a new interview and review with David Shifrin about his new Delos recording of the music of Carl Nielsen in their August 2018 issue’s “Sounds of America” section: Gramophone Interview What first drew you to the music of Nielsen? I was 13 years old when I first heard Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto. I…
Friday, July 6, longtime Delos artist David Shifrin, will join cellist Fred Sherry and pianist J.P. Redmond in a world premiere performance of Delos composer Mark Abel‘s Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2017) presented by Chamber Music Northwest! Mark Abel on his Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano My Trio for Clarinet, Cello and…
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