MusicWeb International‘s Jazz Critic, Marc Rochester has a new review for Piet Koornhof and Albie van Schalkwyk‘s Frolov and Friends recording: “Frolov was a violin virtuoso, and these pieces are far more challenging than they sound. It is a huge tribute to Koornhof that he makes them all sound so effortless, coaxing the often sentimental…
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…
Order Now “Beethoven and Brahms’s clarinet trios make a superb pair. … The performers on this Delos recording seem…comfortable in Brahms’s crepuscular world. Pianist Arnon Erez gives the triplet figures in the first movement a nervous urgency that offsets the music’s expansive lyricism, while he phrases the dancelike third movement generously. Clarinettist Amitai Vardi floats…
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 Gramophone Magazine highlights the Dan Visconti title-work on Gabriela Martinez’s new Amplified Soul recording in their January Issue: “Dan Visconti’s title-track begins tentatively and sparingly, slowly building up into Sondheim-esque patterns that traverse the entire keyboard and explode, like a kitten working its way out of a bag and emerging like a tiger,…
Order Now Gramophone Magazine reviews Jory Vinikour and Philippe LeRoy’s new Antonio Soler: Six Concerti for Two Keyboards recording: “…with their impeccably equal parts, quick interchanges between phrases and numerous opportunities for ornamentation both instructive and competitive, they were surely intended to be great fun to play. They make pleasant listening too, showing that elegant…
Order Now “Cappella SF’s disc of music by Conrad Susa and David Conte makes a perfect CD to listen to while lying in bed with the New York Times on a lazy Sunday morning. The music of both men, longtime friends and composing colleagues at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, is rich in the…
“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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