All Music Guide critic James Manheim gives a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating to the Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Klava’s recording of the Komitas Divine Liturgy: “This version by the Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava is the first non-Armenian recording of the work (the lead soloists are Armenian). It came about at the behest of Armenia’s ambassador to Latvia, who…
AllMusic gives ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to Mark Abel’s The Cave of Wondrous Voice: “Composer Mark Abel has been known for his distinctive vocal music idiom, late-Romantic in its aesthetic but often shading off into dissonance. Soprano Hila Plitmann knows his style well, and she is present here in Abel’s Four Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, with difficult but evocative texts translated into English…
James Manheim has a new review for Mark Abel’s Terrain of the Heart CD and compares the three song cycles to the music of William Bolcolm and Leonard Bernstein: “California-based composer Mark Abel has developed a unique musical language that incorporates strong influences from rock music without losing the basic shape of classical song. He…
We wanted to share this review from allmusic.com of the album Piazzola Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by the Italian Saxophone Quartet: From Allmusic.comby James Manheim(4.5 Stars) Saxophone quartets have flourished along with brass quintets as concert presenters seek high-quality ensembles that don’t cost a fortune. The Italian Saxophone Quartet hasn’t been one of the…
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