The March/April 2023 issue of Fanfare Magazine features a warm recommendation for Spectrum: Music by Mark Abel: “[Mark Abel’s] music is tonal, although at times it stretches tonal boundaries, and he has a genuine melodic gift that serves him well. … [The Book of Esther]… is scored for soprano (Esther) and mezzo-soprano (Vashti, the queen…
Fanfare’s July/August 2019 issue will feature the following rave for Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s Continent’s End Song Cycle recording featuring Buffy Baggott and Kevin Korth: “Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s response to the texts is visceral; the sheer drama of the opening song, “Granite and Cypress,” with its tumultuous piano opening below the imperious voice (“White-maned, wide-throated, the heavy-shouldered children…
Below is the full interview with Carol Rosenberger by Robert Schulslaper published by Fanfare Magazine: The Land of Legend is home to brave heroes and heroines who struggle valiantly against seemingly insurmountable obstacles before emerging triumphant. Pianist and Delos General Director Carol Rosenberger may not have had to vanquish evil sorcerers, ravenous demons, or vicious…
“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.…
Colin Clarke, offers a second Fanfare Magazine review for Carol Rosenberger‘s To Play Again Memoir: “Reviewing Carol Rosenberger’s valuable two-disc set of Szymanowski for Fanfare recently, I found the interpretations intriguing and often beautiful. This book provides the background: the story of Rosenberger’s valiant battle with polio and her triumphant, heard-won return to piano proficiency…
Maria Nockin’s list of her four 2016 favorites begins with Mark Abel’s Home Is a Harbor: Order Now “Mark Abel’s opera Home Is a Harbor is a musical work looking for a stage. I loved listening to it and I’m in hopes of seeing it performed sometime in the future. It tells of two very…
“Interest in this CD is divided between the repertoire and the instruments on which it is played. Gregoriadou uses several different guitars in the main part of this CD, as well as different tunings… One can hear the difference immediately, although one might not recognize why. I feel that Gregoriadou is a guitarist’s guitarist. She…
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…
Buy from Delos Fanfare Magazine critic Colin Clarke gives Watercolors a Five Star Review! “In an interview with Merlin Patterson in Fanfare 39:3, conductor Franz Anton Krager referred to composer Robert Nelson in the following terms: ‘Bob Nelson and his expeditious creative powers are as close to a modern-day Mozart as one can be. His…
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