Gramophone‘s December 2019 Sounds of America section featured a new review of Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates recording: “Bates’s versatility is further revealed on this disc of superb choral works featuring the inspired Cappella SF. In Sirens, six movements of beguiling and varied settings for a cappella chorus,…
Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates is an Opera News Critic’s Choice selection for December! “Mason Bates isn’t the only contemporary composer who fluidly integrates electronic timbres in symphonic, operatic and chamber-music mediums. But few others have been as successful at proliferating that sound through the repertoire of such major…
Richard Hanlon reviews Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works By Mason Bates on MusicWeb International: “Sirens actually dates from 2009, and certain fingerprints of what might be deemed as Bates’ mature language are present and correct. It’s a fine sequence, luxuriantly performed by Cappella SF under their founding conductor Ragnar Bohlin.…
Limelight Magazine‘s Tony Way gives a four-star review to Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works By Mason Bates: “Bates’ mastery of vocal harmony, texture and rhythm is as impressive as the performance given by professional group, Cappella SF. … The inner [Mass Transmission] movement is a calm, choral oasis that…
The September/October 2019 issue of American Record Guide features Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates: “[Mason Bates’s] music is tonal, original, and finely wrought. … The combination of various languages [in Sirens] underlines the postmodern temporality. … Mass Transmissions is enticing and moving. … One of Bates’s…
Joseph Newsome reviews Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin‘s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates on Voix des Arts: “Were their texts wordless, the choral works by American composer Mason Bates on the captivating Delos release Mass Transmission would impart engagingly provocative messages, but, like choral music itself, this tunesmith’s music divulges a notable gift for crafting…
Stephen Smoliar has a review for Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates recording on his blog, The Rehearsal Studio: “…the performance is expressively lush. [Mass Transmission] captures the spirit of nostalgia for those pioneering times with a clear-sighted account of how a new technology established the vanguard of a…
Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates Named by Musical America as the 2018 Composer of the Year as well as the most-performed composer of his generation, Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates is widely renowned for his pioneering practice of creating music for conventional performing forces enhanced by electronic sounds. Of the two works presented in this remarkable album, Mass Transmission—in…
In “Rag of Ragnar,” Mass Transmission’s bonus track, Mason Bates has remixed elements of Mass Transmission’s choral and electronic sound-worlds into a beguiling “mashup” meant as a tribute to his friend and collaborator Ragnar Bohlin, who made this recording possible. Pre-Order Delos Music Amazon ArkivMusic
The sirens, those mythical beings of the island of Circe, occupy a unique place in literature. Unlike other temptresses, their lure is art: a song of such overpowering beauty that it draws sailors to a rocky death. Perhaps one thinks of lyrical, melodic music coming from sirens, but this cycle casts a wide net in…
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony for their 2012 Mavericks Festival, Mass Transmission brings to life the true story of a distantly separated mother and daughter speaking over the first long-distance radio transmissions between Holland and Java. Ethereal choral sonorities processed through a haze of radio static unfold into virtuosic organ toccatas. The texts for…
Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates Named by Musical America as the 2018 Composer of the Year as well as the most-performed composer of his generation, Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates is widely renowned for his pioneering practice of creating music for conventional performing forces enhanced by electronic sounds. Of the two works presented in this remarkable album, Mass Transmission—in…
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