MusicWeb International‘s Michael Cookson reviews Stephen Costello’s A Te, O Cara recording: “Stephen Costello provides a consistent quality of performance across the collection well chosen to display his stylish and engaging voice to significant effect. …Costello agilely and astutely manages the manifold challenges of [Donizetti’s Ah, mes amis] that requires no less than nine high…
MusicWeb International has released their critics’ recordings of the year for 2018, and Robert Farr has nominated our new release of Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem in memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky: “In a year that saw the death of two of the finest opera singers of their generation, Montserrat Caballé and, at the young age…
MusicWeb International critic Ralph Moore reviews Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Fabio Bidini’s recording of Brahms Hungarian Dances: “Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker certainly plays with great feeling and freedom here, unashamedly milking the opportunities for soulful rubato and rallentando just as the music demands; her accompanist is scrupulous in following her lead, so ensemble is tight. Like Joachim, she…
Michael Cookson of MusicWeb International has a new review for the Poulenc Trio’s new Trains of Thought recording: “Written especially for the Poulenc Trio, Viet Cuong’s Trains of Thought gives this album its name and is a world premiere recording. Californian born Cuong conceived the score as part of a multimedia work combining music and an animated…
MusicWeb International has a new review for William Villaverde’s Cuban Memoirs recording of music by Andrés Alén: “I was attracted immediately by the directness of expression in Alén’s music, as well as William Villaverde’s committed and resoundingly positive performances. … This is a very fine disc of some enjoyable and rewarding music. If you the love…
Rob Barnett adds a second MusicWeb International review for Hong-Mei Xiao’s English Works for Viola and Orchestra recording: “Three works by British composers, each for viola and orchestra but only one dubbed a Concerto. Avoidance of that term is justified in the case of the Vaughan Williams which is a series of instantly engaging and artfully…
Michael Cookson reviews Nina Kotova Plays Tchaikovsky in MusicWeb International: “A passionate performer Kotova’s playing feels authentic and from the heart, and her cello has a simply glorious tone. Veteran conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev knows these works inside out and it shows with the playing of the Moscow based Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra impressively direct, whole-hearted and…
Critic Göran Forsling offers a second MusicWeb International review for Verdi: Rigoletto featuring Dmitri Hvorostovsky: “In the title role we hear the arguably greatest Verdi baritone of the last 25 years, Siberian Dmitri Hvorostovsky.… What we hear is… the voice we have got accustomed to during a recording career that goes back to 1990.…this is…
New MusicWeb International review for the English Works for Viola and Orchestra recording from Hong-Mei Xiao, Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, and János Kovács: “Now, I am not familiar with all of these, but it seems to me that this version [of William Walton’s Viola Concerto] does not put a foot wrong and is recorded and…
MusicWeb International‘s Michael Cookson reviews Verdi: Rigoletto featuring Dmitri Hvorostovsky: “It is hard to ignore the impressive performance of tenor Francesco Demuro, seductive as the lecherous and duplicitous Duke. His bright voice is splendidly in tune conveying that special Italianate sound together with the ability to reveal a tear in the voice. … American soprano…
With 2017 coming to a close, the year-end lists have begun to roll out, and Delos albums are well-represented! Verdi: Rigoletto – Dmitri Hvorostovsky New York Times Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 Rafael’s Music Notes Ten Outstanding 2017 CDs UK Classical Chart #17 Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift – Dmitri Hvorostovsky Naxos Music Library Favorite…
John Osborn’s A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez has been named a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year! “This quite outstanding new Delos recording sets the pulse racing and should win French Grand Opera and tenor John Osborn many new admirers. Renowned Parisian tenor Gilbert-Louis Duprez (1806-1896) had ‘pop star’ status in his day and is…
MusicWeb International critic Michael Cookson names John Osborn’s A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez a Recording of the Month! Order Now “I am a devotee of French Grand Opera, so A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez by American tenor John Osborn certainly set the pulse racing. … Osborn’s album contains nine arias taken from seven operas written…
Order Now “her songs… are well crafted, harmonically sure-footed… she is most at home…when she tackles the poetry of Paul Verlaine. On this disc we find thirteen settings of him. Several of the poems have been set by colleagues, for instance L’heur exquise which is one of Reynaldo Hahn’s finest songs. But Poldowski’s version is…
MusicWeb International offers praise for pianist Paulina Zamora’s new Debussy: 12 Études recording: Order Now “Paulina is a Chilean-American, and she gave a performance of Etudes, according to the detailed and interesting notes, to a rapturous reception in Santiago. I can well believe it, as she is very proficient and has a clear empathy for…
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