The International Clarinet Association’s publication, The Clarinet, has a newly published review of the Fidelis String Quartet and Friends’s A Tribute to Danny Granados: “A Tribute to Danny Granados – a new release by Delos, made possible in part from Houston Public Media and family and friends of Granados – highlights the versatility and capability of this…
Order Now “Brownlee’s brilliant – and above all youthful – timbre emphasizes his indisputable vocal naturalness and ease, as well as his formidable technique. Brownlee conquers from the very start with grace and confidence the roles of Ernesto in Don Pasquale and Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, adding softness and sincerity without the weepy schmaltziness of…
“Tenor Rolando Villazón turns his hand to opera direction in this production, new to the Deutsche Oper Berlin last year.… Villazón shows admirable restraint in a straightforward, stylish production that contains a good deal of charm.… The Azerbaijani soprano Dinara Alieva…[has] a rich darkness to her voice, especially in Doretta’s Dream, but there is also…
French journalists are swooning over Louise Dubin and her The Franchomme Project recording! From a wonderful new interview in the May issue of Le Violoncelle with Philippe Muller to a fantastic new review in Musicologie: “Auguste-Joseph Franchomme…was also known to have forged a deep friendship with Chopin…[and the] pieces one finds on this album reflect…
“…listening to [Auguste Franchomme’s] music the first time is like slipping into a pair of old, faded blue jeans. It immediately seems familiar and emblematic of his time. … Along with his original compositions, some of the works on this CD are two and/or four cello transcriptions by Franchomme of famous pieces by Chopin that…
Wai Kit Leung reviews the Gerard Schwarz and Kun Woo Paik reissue The French Influence in MusicWeb International: “Schwarz gives a solid performance…[and] wrote the programme notes in English (no translation given), with copious information about the pieces as well as examining the development of the trumpet. … Except for the Honegger Intrada and the…
Classical Net‘s R. James Tobin has a new review for Louise Dubin’s new recording, The Franchomme Project: “Louise Dubin’s research is responsible for discovering long-unavailable works by Franchomme and for the present recorded selection. Franchomme’s works are quite appealing to me. … Dubin’s performances of these pieces – both by Franchomme and by Chopin –…
A fantastic review of Kirsten Johnson’s Arthur Foote: Complete Piano Music recording was published in the February 2015 issue of the Journal of the Society for American Music: “This recording of the complete piano music of Arthur Foote, performed by Kirsten Johnson, is a major contribution in the study not only of the music of…
Michael Cookson offers a new review for Ildar Abdrazakov’s Power Players in MusicWeb International: “Now on the Delos label comes ‘Power Players’ — the first full solo aria release from Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov who has established himself on the world stage. … Notwithstanding, bass roles include some interesting roles as demonstrated here and reflecting…
The latest Yale Schola Cantorum and Simon Carrington release, Sing, Ye Birds, A Joyous Song, gets a strong recommendation from American Record Guide critic, William J. Gatens: “The principal work is The Glory and the Dream (2000) by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012). It is a setting of the greater part of William Wordsworth’s Intimations of…
Critic Don Clark has a fantastic and thorough new review for Mark Abel’s Terrain of the Heart recording: “Abel melds his experience in classical, rock and song writing music into songs that are sophisticated, accessible, original and tuneful…well crafted, emotionally complex and engaging lyric songs in the truest sense of the form. “Very theatrical in…
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