Continuing my saga of “Lindsay in Operaland,” the next evening’s Met program (Wednesday, April 29th) featured the traditional double-bill of two short Italian operas: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci – known affectionately as “Cav-Pag” to lovers of Italian opera. Doing arduous double-duty as the tenor lead in both works was, of course, Marcelo. He…
My role at Delos comes with its distinct pleasures, the most rewarding of which is that I get to work routinely with some of the world’s very finest vocal and instrumental artists. And an associated perk is that, every now and then, I get to personally see and hear them in action. So, when I…
Lindsay Koob translates a Pizzicato Magazine review for Andrew von Oeyen’s Debussy, Stravinsky & Newman recording. Read the full review in the original language at www.pizzicato.lu. “The hallmarks of American pianist Andrew von Oeyen (b. 1979) are clarity of texture, unpretentious musical flow and an ever-winning sense of elegance. That such virtues should enhance Claude…
Pizzicato Magazine has a new review for Kyle Bielfield and Lachlan Glen’s stopping by release. Read the full review in the original language at www.pizzicato.lu. English translation by Lindsay Koob: “This CD – with its highly varied program of American songs, delivered by a duo that grabs one’s attention right from the start – is…
Pizzicato Magazine has a new review for Vadym Kholodenko Plays Rachmnaninoff; Medtner. Read the full review in the original language at www.pizzicato.lu. English translation by Lindsay Koob: “Vadym Kholodenko, winner of the 2013 Van Cliburn competition, is more than a convincing interpreter in two differing program halves. First we get Nikolai Medtner’s piano sonata with…
Happy Halloween From Delos! Take a look back at this SPOOOOKY release! hoo-hoo-hah-hah-HAH-HAH-HAAAH!!!!
Superstar tenor Lawrence Brownlee continues to relentlessly rack up the plaudits in operatic circles with his recent Delos album, Virtuoso Rossini Arias (DE 3455). The most recent evidence of this comes with Judith Malafronte’s review in the August issue of Opera News (ON), in which she writes admiringly of “Brownlee’s sweet voice and elegant singing,”…
The tradition of the chanson is as old as the history of France itself, dating back to the ancient trouvéres (troubadors) of the dark ages through the Medieval era. These itinerant (and usually illiterate) poet-composers, with their songful tales of mythical heroes and rulers, were the primary keepers (and propagators) of secular oral history in…
In 2006, the BGQ released an entire album presenting Isaac Albéniz’s monumental Suite Iberia – for the first time in an arrangement for a guitar quartet. Critic Arthur Nestrovsky, of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, wrote that the arrangement was “the translation of the translation, taking the music back to its origins.” The…
Brazilian Guitar Quartet: Spanish Dances The Unique patterns and sounds of Spanish music – as perhaps most idiomatically realized in the more than 1,000 dance forms native to the Iberian peninsula – is one of the richest cross-cultural amalgams to be found anywhere. Its structural, harmonic and rhythmic foundations go back as far as the…
The Audio Video Club of Atlanta just published a very nice review of Delos’ recent CD compilation, The Boesendorfer Sound (DE 3460), containing selections from three of pianist Carol Rosenberger’s highly acclaimed previous releases: Water Music of the Impressionists (1979 – DE 3006), Night Moods (1988 – DE 3030), and Singing on the Water (1994…
The Dark-Eyed Chameleon Many of us suffer from internalized emotional pain that we are ashamed or afraid to let out, or simply unable to give effective voice to. But artists (especially writers and composers) are blessed in this regard, as they have the creative tools to mirror their existences effectively in their work, thereby sharing…
Tenor Kyle Bielfield and pianist Lachlan Glen talk with Delos’ Lindsay Koob about their new release, stopping by, on the latest Delos Insider Podcast.
“Andrew von Oeyen (is), in my opinion the best pianist of his generation.” — David Newman, composer While Academy Award-nominated composer David Newman (b. 1954) has built his reputation primarily on the 100-plus films he has scored, he has also attracted considerable notice for his concert works. As mentioned above, both of his piano pieces offered here were written for Andrew, who…
Stravinsky – one of many composers who were influenced by American jazz – wrote his Piano Rag Music in 1919, by which time jazz had gained quite a European following, especially in Paris. This one was also written for Arthur Rubinstein. The piece is a prime example of the cubist influence in music – in that the composer fragments the harmonic and rhythmic elements of…
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