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Archive for Mason Bates

Cappella SF Recording Sessions
Posted by Delos Productions on January 14, 2020

Gramophone Reviews Mass Transmission

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,…

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Cappella SF Recording Sessions
Posted by Delos Productions on December 16, 2019

Mass Transmission is an Opera News Critic’s Choice!

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…

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Composer Mason Bates
Posted by Delos Productions on October 1, 2019

MusicWeb Reviews Cappella SF’s Mass Transmission

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.…

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Cappella SF Recording Sessions
Posted by Delos Productions on October 1, 2019

Four Stars For Cappella SF’s Mason Bates: Mass Transmission Recording

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…

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Cappella SF Recording Sessions
Posted by Delos Productions on September 4, 2019

Cappella SF’s Mass Transmission in American Record Guide

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…

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Mason Bates
Posted by Delos Productions on August 26, 2019

Voix des Arts Reviews Cappella SF’s Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates

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…

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Composer Mason Bates
Posted by Delos Productions on June 12, 2019

The Rehearsal Studio Reviews Mason Bates’ Mass Transmission

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…

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Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates
Posted by Delos Productions on April 19, 2019

New Release: Mass Transmission

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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Composer Mason Bates
Posted by Lindsay Koob on April 9, 2019

Mason Bates: Rag of Ragnar

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

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Cappella SF Recording Sessions
Posted by Delos Productions on April 5, 2019

Mason Bates: Sirens

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…

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Mason Bates
Posted by Delos Productions on April 3, 2019

Mason Bates: Mass Transmission

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…

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Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates
Posted by Delos Productions on March 29, 2019

Mass Transmission Available for Pre-Order

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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Gabriela Martinez
Posted by Delos Productions on January 12, 2017

WFMT Features Gabriela Martinez and Amplified Soul

Order Now Gabriela Martinez’s Amplified Soul recording makes Lisa Flynn’s New Release picks for WFMT Radio! “Brilliant young Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez has won consistent acclaim at top domestic and international venues. Here, in her first recording for Delos, she offers a wide-ranging program of classics by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Szymanowski. She also features acclaimed…

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