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Archive for Mark Abel

Anne Wiazemsky
Posted by Delos Productions on March 15, 2023

High Praise for Mark Abel’s “Trois Femmes” in The Journal of Singing

The Journal of Singing‘s latest issue features a wonderful new review for Mark Abel’s “Trois Femmes” from the album, Spectrum: “Mark Abel, whose works frequently have been reviewed in this column, is a gifted and fascinating composer… The texts are effective and insightful, drawing the listener into the intriguing life stories of three women, icons…

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Mark Abel: Spectrum
Posted by Delos Productions on February 24, 2023

Mark Abel and Hila Plitmann Discuss Spectrum on the Crossover Media Podcast

The Crossover Media Podcast hosted Mark Abel and Hila Plitmann to discuss Spectrum! Listen now on Spotify or on your favorite podcast app: See the full writeup of the Podcast on Crossover Media’s blog on Medium.

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Mark Abel: Spectrum
Posted by Delos Productions on February 17, 2023

Fanfare Magazine Reviews Mark Abel’s Spectrum

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…

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Trio Barclay
Posted by Delos Productions on December 9, 2022

The Whole Note Reviews Mark Abel’s Spectrum

The December 2022–January 2023 issue of The Whole Note features a wonderful review for our Mark Abel: Spectrum release: “Not only do we meet Isabel Bayrakdarian, a haunting soprano singing emotionally in praise of three women artists we might never have known if Abel had not set their lives to song, but we find ourselves…

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Trio Barclay
Posted by Delos Productions on December 2, 2022

Gramophone Reviews Mark Abel: Spectrum

“Mark Abel continues to demonstrate his versatility in the works on the newest Delos release of his music, ‘Spectrum’, a generous two-disc helping of song-cycles, chamber pieces and excerpts from an opera still roaming around the California-based composer’s fertile brain. As the previous recordings revealed, Abel writes in a poetic tonal style, at times reminiscent…

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Mark Abel and Hila Plitmann in Time and Distance Recording Sessions
Posted by Delos Productions on November 29, 2022

Classical-Modern Music Review Amazed by Mark Abel’s Spectrum

Grego Applegate Edwards’ Classical-Modern Music Review has a great recommendation for Mark Abel: Spectrum recording: “Listening to this set numerous times reveals a composer of lyrical gifts, a crafter of vibrant melodic-harmonic landscapes of a ravishing sort, perhaps in the footsteps but not the actual shoes of a Samuel Barber (the Knoxville and such). There…

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Trio Barclay
Posted by Delos Productions on November 14, 2022

In-Depth Textura Review for Mark Abel’s Spectrum recording

Ron Schepper offers an in-depth review of Mark Abel’s new album, Spectrum, in Textura Magazine: “While appreciation for Mark Abel’s music is undeniably enhanced by familiarity with releases such as The Cave of Wondrous Voice (2020), Time and Distance (2018), and Home is a Harbor (2016), it’s not required when the double-CD set Spectrum, the sixth album on Delos by the American…

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Jeffrey LaDeur and Kindra Scharich performing Mark Abel's 1966
Posted by Delos Productions on November 9, 2022

Kindra Scharich and Jeffrey LaDeur Perform Mark Abel’s 1966

Mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich and pianist Jeffrey LaDeur perform excerpts from Mark Abel’s song cycle “1966,” a composition on Abel’s Delos album Spectrum: 1966 1966 was written for Kindra Scharich and her close colleague Jeffrey LaDeur. The cycle evokes the long-ago year when I turned 18 – a magic and unsettling time filled with life-altering events.…

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Anne Wiazemsky
Posted by Delos Productions on October 4, 2022

Mark Abel – Trois Femmes du Cinema: Anne Wiazemsky, Pina Pellicer, and Larisa Sheptiko

Composer Mark Abel discusses the lives and careers of Anne Wiazemsky, Pina Pellicer, and Larisa Shepitko – the three subjects of his song cycle, “Trois Femmes du Cinema”. The cycle appears on Abel’s Delos album Spectrum! The work is sung by soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, accompanied by pianist Carol Rosenberger. Anne Wiazemsky Pina Pellicer Larisa Shepitko

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Jonah Kim
Posted by Delos Productions on May 11, 2022

Fanfare Reviews Approaching Autumn

Colin Clarke reviews Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s Approaching Autumn release featuring Grieg, Kodály, and Mark Abel in Fanfare Magazine: “This disc, titled Approaching Autumn, is a real statement from the heart for Korean-born cellist Jonah Kim… his aim is to find “common areas” between people(s) and to learn “what we all actually care about.”…

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Pin of Kyiv
Posted by Delos Productions on February 28, 2022

Thinking of Kyiv

Mark Abel shares this photo of a pin given to him by Ali Olshan’s mother, who is Ukrainian. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both Mark and Carol Rosenberger have been thinking of the “Great Gate of Kyiv” movement from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and were reminded of pianist John Browning’s remarkable Delos recording, which…

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Jonah Kim
Posted by Delos Productions on January 18, 2022

The Whole Note Reviews Approaching Autumn

Jonah Kim’s new Approaching Autumn release with pianist Robert Koenig and featuring a world premiere from Mark Abel landed a wonderful feature in The Whole Note‘s December 2021 Editor’s Corner: “Kim’s…performance is outstanding – big, brash and gritty as called for in the outer movements; sensitive and lyrical in the Adagio (con gran espressione) – and his…

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Jonah Kim
Posted by Delos Productions on December 29, 2021

The Strad Reviews Approaching Autumn

The January 2022 issue of The Strad features a review of Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s “triumphant performance” on Approaching Autumn! “A clear, blooming sound graces the opening of the Kodály Solo Sonata, with a defined rhythmic definition charging the invention. There’s no doubt that this monumental work is the standout performance here, as Jonah…

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Jonah Kim
Posted by Delos Productions on December 9, 2021

Gramophone Reviews Approaching Autumn

The December 2021 issue of Gramophone reviews Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s Approaching Autumn recording: “Jonah Kim has taken Approaching Autumn, the title of Mark Abel’s new work for cello and piano, as the title of this recital album as a whole. I hadn’t necessarily thought of the Grieg and Kodály sonatas as being especially autumnal…

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David Shifrin, Carol Rosenberger, and Fred Sherry
Posted by Delos Productions on September 15, 2021

The Clarinet Reviews Mark Abel’s The Cave of Wondrous Voice

The International Clarinet Association’s May 2021 Reviews feature a wonderful breakdown of Mark Abel’s The Cave of Wondrous Voice featuring David Shifrin, Fred Sherry, Hila Plitmann, Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker, Dominic Cheli, Carol Rosenberger, and Sarah Beck: “The first work on the album, Intuition’s Dance, is performed by clarinetist, David Shifrin and pianist, Carol Rosenberger. This spirited piece…

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