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 Magazine reviews Mark Abel’s new Time and Distance recording in their October 2018 issue: Mark Abel’s fourth CD on Delos is rich in those moments of inspiration when a composer first comes under the spell of poetry. His marriages of subtly charged music with an eclectic modernist twist to emotionally provocative, introspective texts work…
The “Sounds of America” section of the 2018 Awards Issue of Gramophone Magazine has a fantastic look at the new Asia / America New Music Institute (AANMI) recording, Transcendent: “The compelling repertoire that the Asia/America New Music Institute presents on its new disc, ‘Transcendent’, speaks volumes for the high level of creativity flourishing in the…
Gramophone Magazine has a new interview and review with David Shifrin about his new Delos recording of the music of Carl Nielsen in their August 2018 issue’s “Sounds of America” section: Gramophone Interview What first drew you to the music of Nielsen? I was 13 years old when I first heard Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto. I…
Gramophone Magazine’s September issue has a great celebration of longtime Delos artist Gerard Schwarz in honor of his 70th birthday with a discussion of life in the recording studio – as both a performer and conductor. The issue also reviews his new book Behind the Baton: An American Icon Talks Music. We recently celebrated the…
Order Now “This recording presents an orchestration of Sviridov’s song-cycle on verses by Yesenin, Russia Cast Adrift, in a remarkable arrangement made by Evgeny Stetsyuk for orchestra and Russian folk instruments. It is remarkable because it brings out all the colour inherent in the piano original – think of the ‘symphonic dimension’ of the piano…
Gramophone Magazine has announced the 72 recordings that have been shortlisted for the 2017 Gramophone Classical Music Awards and Jamie Barton and Brian Zeger’s All Who Wander recording has been nominated in the Solo Vocal category! Revisit the original Gramophone review below: Order Now “Anyone who watched Jamie Barton sail serenely to victory at 2013’s…
Order Now “The fact that, even today, performances and recordings of Debussy’s 12 Études from 1915 are relatively scarce makes the appearance of any complete recording a cause for curiosity. The latest is by the Chilean-American pianist Paulina Zamora, who now teaches at the University of Chile in Santiago. A sincere and persuasive musician, Zamora’s…
Order Now Jamie Barton and Brian Zeger’s new All Who Wander recording is a February Gramophone Editor’s Choice! “Anyone who watched Jamie Barton sail serenely to victory at 2013’s Cardiff Singer of the World competition will know what a fine singer she is. This debut recital from Delos only underlines the fact. The voice is…
Order Now The January issue of Gramophone Magazine features high praise for Lawrence Brownlee and his new Allegro io son recording: “The selection of Bellini and Donizetti arias is luxurious. The sunny ‘Allegro io son’ from Donizetti’s Rita is an inviting start, while other selections feature secondary soloists such as the able soprano Viktorija Miskunaite,…
“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…
“Tenor Rolando Villazón turns his hand to opera direction in this production, new to the Deutsche Oper Berlin last year.… Villazón shows admirable restraint in a straightforward, stylish production that contains a good deal of charm.… The Azerbaijani soprano Dinara Alieva…[has] a rich darkness to her voice, especially in Doretta’s Dream, but there is also…
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…
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