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 “It could be said that the young Nadia Boulanger lies in the direct line of succession from Fauré in the solemnity of her composition, the quality of her writing and her harmonic refinement – though generally tauter than with her older master. This is particularly true for the melodies for which she chose…
Order Now “A teacher of teachers, with a long life and a great breadth of mind, Boulanger had among her pupils Virgil Thompson, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, Daniel Barenboim, Phillip Glass, Ravi Shankar, Astor Piazzolla and – among the Mexicans – José Rolón and Julio Estrada. They all remember not only her lessons, but also…
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…
Crescendo Magazine hears “an intimate fervor” in the new Taylor Festival Choir recording of Michael McGlynn’s Celtic Mass and James MacMillan’s Mass: Order Now “These two masses have many points in common. Each is divided into nine parts and both bask in a serene atmosphere, where meditation and fervor reign – an intimate fervor, internalized,…
Order Now “The American label Delos chose two contemporary composers from the United States to bring this about: Conrad Sousa and David Conte. Each one has a proven record of an intense activity throughout their careers, even if very few echoes of their activities and music have reached the European continent. The choir’s director, Ragnar…
Dennis Adams translates a fabulous new Stefano Secco Crescendo review from Musique pour tous: Stefano Secco: the flexibility of perfection! Order Now “Here we have a very fine album by the Italian tenor Stefano Secco, who comes to us by way of the Delos label. A successful artist’s true calling card, this recording shows us…
New review from ResMusica: Order now “In an album recorded after his triumphant return to the Met at the start of the 2015 season, Dmitri Hvorostovsky offers his public a gallery of Russian operatic hero-portrayals exploring themes of War, peace, love and sorrow. Met audiences accorded him a triumphant welcome last fall, after his great return…
“Stefano Secco’s intelligence of interpretation, his vocal expression, as well as his sobriety are habitually right on the mark onstage. His musicality and his irreproachable vocal line are in evidence in this recording, comprising arias that he knows by heart. Seemingly disparate, this program is a true retracing of the strong points of the lyric…
ResMusica has a new review for Gleb Ivanov’s Delos Debut release! “For his first record with Delos, the Russian pianist Gleb Ivanov chose the Romantic repertory, particularly that of piano transcriptions. These are demonstrations of virtuosity as much as occasions for lyricism. … His energetic and lively playing is very convincing and are entirely fitting…
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