The September/October issue of Fanfare includes a thoughtful review of The Cave of Wondrous Voice by Santa Fe writer Huntley Dent: “Abel’s opening work (depicts) the restless operation of intuition, which keeps turning back on itself to find fresh ways of saying things. His intuition darts from gesture to gesture very quickly, and the piece is finely…
Fanfare Magazine has added Mark Abel’s The Cave of Wondrous Voice recording to their “Not To Be Missed” Section! See Colin Clarke’s review and interview with Mark Abel on the Fanfare Archive: “Having previously enjoyed the music of Mark Abel, I had high hopes for the present release, The Cave of Wondrous Voice. I certainly was…
Fanfare Magazine has added Xiaogang Ye’s December Chrysanthemum recording to their “Not To Be Missed” list along with a new review and interview: “How to describe what we hear? …it takes direct exposure to realize how imaginative and moving these pieces are. …Standing for the entire album one might choose Colorful Sutra Banners, which refers to…
Fanfare Archive is featuring Stations of the Cross: Organ Improvisations by McNeil Robinson in its “Not To Be Missed” section! “this disc is not only apropos for the liturgical season, but also for surrounding dire circumstances that have plastered headlines of suffering, death, and self-sacrifice on our newspapers and television and computer screens, and provided…
Fanfare Magazine has added Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Fabio Bidini’s new Brahms: Hungarian Dances recording to their “Not To Be Missed” section with a new interview and review from Jerry Dubins: “There is no way that Brahms’s original piano four-hands version or his arrangements for piano two hands of these dances could ever achieve the tonal…
James Altena reviews Margo Garrett and Paul Neubauer’s recording of Ernest Bloch: Music for Viola and Piano in the July/August 2018 issue of Fanfare Magazine: “This is exquisite playing and musicianship of the highest order. … Pianist Margo Garrett immediately arrests one’s attention by emphasizing the brittle dissonance of the initial arpeggiated opening chord, with…
Fanfare Magazine‘s Huntley Dent has a new review of Mark Abel’s latest Delos recording, Time and Distance: “…Few current songwriters rival Abel’s intriguing texts and their reach into so many psychological and cultural issues. Meaning and melody go hand in hand in a very contemporary way, which I truly admire.” “Abel, being just as serious…
“Abel combines tuneful original passages with rock and jazz elements to form unique tonal structures … a colorful blend of styles … a powerful emotional punch.” “(In the Rear View Mirror, Now) shows his mastery of tragedy as composer, musician and poet.” Composer Mark Abel’s new disc, Time and Distance, contains the world premieres of…
“The musical vocabulary … is approachable, mostly easy on the ear and … somewhat timeless.” “Myths have fierce contemporary relevance, and nowhere more so than (in the song Those Who Loved Medusa), where the rape … plugs directly into the ‘Me Too’ movement.” Composer Mark Abel is clearly at home writing for the human voice.…
Fanfare Magazine points the spotlight on Delos Director, pianist, and now author, Carol Rosenberger’s new memoir To Play Again with an interview by Robert Schulslaper and a review from Huntley Dent. “The Land of Legend is home to brave heroes and heroines who struggle valiantly against seemingly insurmountable obstacles before emerging triumphant. Pianist and Delos…
“Having had a major critical success with his song cycle The Dream Gallery, Mark Abel has written his first opera, Home Is a Harbor. The three-act piece has not yet been staged (but) I am in hopes of seeing it performed because its exquisite score cries out for the addition of visual creativity.… In the…
“Grieg’s modest “Holberg” Suite might well have been overwhelmed by an organ of such size, range, and power, but thanks largely to the late organ virtuoso and arranger Richard Ellasser, who understood the context of this music, the arrangement is musically appropriate. But even more so, organist Thomas Murray is to be credited with—you’ll pardon…
“On his first CD for Delos, [composer Robert] Nelson teams up with mezzo-soprano Sonja Bruzauskas…and a raft of talented Houston musicians in a programme that demonstrates his range of styles and interests, from cabaret songs to a full-length children’s entertainment. The most eagerly anticipated will be the 25-minute Zoo Stories…each with a surprisingly serious moral…
“The singing! My heavens, I thought such unabashed, full-throttle verismo emotionalism had died with the 1950s! Dinara Alieva has a wonderfully opulent soprano, a true spinto with seemingly limitless power and an absolutely free top; she could tackle any Verdi or Puccini role that comes to mind… But she knows how to rein it in…
Jacqueline Kharouf has a new interview for composer Robert Nelson about his latest Delos recording, Watercolors. Read her introduction below and see the full interview on FanfareArchive.com! Robert Nelson has written music for opera, theater and film, wind and jazz ensemble, chamber music, chorus, and orchestra. He is currently professor emeritus of music theory and…
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