Fanfare Magazine’s March/April 2021 issue features an incredible review for Andrew Balio and Bruce Bengtson’s Soli Deo Gloria – Bach recording: “My praise here is unabashedly stratospheric: This is, hands down, the most magnificent, eloquent, communicative trumpet playing I have ever heard in my life, and I have a whole shelf full of trumpet CDs…
“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.…
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