Limelight Magazine names Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff a February 2023 Editor’s Choice and gives it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! “All four primary works here date from the 1920s, a period when Schulhoff’s writing was at its peak. Despite the variety of influences, musical interest never flags. The earliest work is the Concerto for Piano and…
The March/April 2023 issue of Fanfare Magazine features a wonderful recommendation for Dominic Cheli, James Conlon, and the Colburn School’s Shapeshifter recording of the Music of Erwin Schulhoff: “This recording, carrying the title Shapeshifter, was made in conjunction with the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Conductor James Conlon has…
Textura Magazine recommends Dominic Cheli, Adam Millstein, James Conlon, and the Colburn School’s Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff recording: “The single-movement Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra towers over the other pieces for sheer length. Not surprisingly, the twenty-one-minute work ventures down multiple stylistic avenues during its journey, with the piano soloist and two chromatic motifs operating…
The Arts Fuse’s Jonathan Blumhofer reviews The Colburn School’s Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff recording. “Shapeshifter, a new album from musicians at the Colburn School and conductor James Conlon, shines a spotlight on, mostly, Schulhoff’s mature chamber music. It is, by and large, a strongly played effort that makes a powerful case for the vitality…
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…
Delos congratulates pianist Dominic Cheli, who appears on Mark Abel’s new album The Cave of Wondrous Voice, on his award of $50,000 by The American Pianists Association for being a finalist in the APA’s American Pianists Award competition. Four other young finalists are being similarly honored a year before the deciding round, which will be…
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…
Please enjoy these shots of violinist Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and pianist Dominic Cheli rehearsing Mark Abel’s “The Elastic Hours” in Los Angeles. Later on we moved to famed Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood to lay down this piece for Mark’s next album, “The Cave of Wondrous Voice.” Photos by the fabulous Jeanine Hill (with contributions from Sabrina and…
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