“Mark Abel continues to demonstrate his versatility in the works on the newest Delos release of his music, ‘Spectrum’, a generous two-disc helping of song-cycles, chamber pieces and excerpts from an opera still roaming around the California-based composer’s fertile brain. As the previous recordings revealed, Abel writes in a poetic tonal style, at times reminiscent…
Gramophone Magazine reviews Jonah Kim and Sean Kennard’s Rachmaninoff & Barber Cello Sonatas recording in the 2020 Awards Issue: “These are works of young firebrands, full of emotional urgency and heightened instrumental challenges, which are met to striking effect in the performances offered on this new recording by the cellist Jonah Kim and pianist Sean…
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…
Gramophone‘s December 2019 Sounds of America section featured a new review of Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates recording: “Bates’s versatility is further revealed on this disc of superb choral works featuring the inspired Cappella SF. In Sirens, six movements of beguiling and varied settings for a cappella chorus,…
“You can hardly blame musicians for being eager to play Schumann chamber pieces not written for their instruments. Who wouldn’t want to visit, however briefly, the world of ‘Fantasy & Romance’ that cellist Emanuel Gruber and pianist Keiko Sekino inhabit on their new disc? … In Gruber’s mellow hands, everything else on the disc emerges…
“Abel employs a colorful blend of styles … (that) serve the emotional nature of each work to bracing and poignant effect. Abel’s lucid narrative and vibrant vocal lines, combined with telling orchestrations for a chamber ensemble, make (the opera Home Is a Harbor) an affecting experience. The cast is strong and Benjamin Makino conducts the…
Gramophone Magazine critic, Donald Rosenberg, pens a rave review in the June issue for Piet Koornhof’s recent On Fire release! “The title doesn’t begin to tell the story of Piet Koornhof’s musical sensibility. … He is a keenly sensitive musician who places the dazzling aspects in discerning context. … Koornhof makes sure notes are dead-centre…
Portara Ensemble and ALIAS Chamber Ensemble’s new release, Amorisms: Music of Paul Moravec, gets a rave review in the May issue of Gramophone Magazine in their Sounds of America section: Buy from Delos “Paul Moravec won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Tempest Fantasy, which takes up the middle portion of this new…
Buy From Delos Gramophone Magazine features The French Influence: Music for Trumpet and Piano in the April “Sounds of America” section! “Devotees of orchestral music may know Gerard Schwarz from his activities as a conductor, especially his years as Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. But before he…
A fantastic review for American Voices in the December issue of Gramophone Magazine from critic Donald Rosenberg: “The disc is a splendid compendium of songs that soar and vibrate with fresh appeal. … Each song makes a vivid impression through deft setting of text and imaginative unfolding and interweaving of vocal lines. … everything presented…
The July Issue of Gramophone Magazine is full of reviews for Delos artists and recordings, including a rave from critic Donald Rosenberg for Sean Hickey’s latest release, Cursive: “The newest disc devoted to his music…shows the range of styles he incorporates with organic confidence into succinct pieces. The influences range from old masters to jazz,…
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