Remy Franck gives his highest marks to Gevorg Hakobyan’s new Arias of Love & Sorrow recording with John Fisher, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony in the Pizzicato Journal: “an exciting program that is well suited to Hakobyan’s dramatic voice. There is not a aria on this CD where I would say that Habokyan’s…
Pizzicato Magazine gives a Four-Star rating to The Cave of Wondrous Voice: Chamber Music and Songs of Mark Abel in a review by Uwe Krusch: “truly outstanding artists… bring [Mark Abel’s] creations to vibrant musical life. Their devotion to the music at hand is heard in their collective ability to shape and sustain their interpretations. … [Clarinetist…
Pizzicato Magazine reviews the new Mark Abel release, Time and Distance: “The American composer Mark Abel—who has in the past devoted himself to rock music, then journalism—has since become one of the most interesting figures in American contemporary music. This album presents him as a composer of art songs. The songs grew either out of…
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…
Below Lindsay Koob translates the fantastic Pizzicato Magazine review of Sean Hickey’s Cursive release. Read the full review in the original language at www.pizzicato.lu. “Delos has devoted a CD to the chamber music of the New York composer Sean Hickey. Entitled “Cursive,” the CD brings ensemble music to our ears; also solo piano music that…
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…
Chanson d’avril a media hit, both at home and abroad. In her recent review, Opera News critic Joanne Sydney Lessner positively gushed over star soprano Nicole Cabell’s 2014 album on Delos, Chanson d’avril (DE 3450). You just know you’re in for a rave review in a piece that begins with “At once womanly and ingenuous,…
Pizzicato Magazine has a new review for Ildar Abdrazakov’s Power Players recording. Below is an English translation of the review. Read the review in the original language at www.pizzicato.lu: “Ildar Abdrazakov (38) is a Russian bass with a baritonal top end and a pleasingly rich, robust voice. His vocal production and focus, as well as…
Remy Franck’s Pizzicato Magazine has a new rave review for Lawrence Brownlee’s Virtuoso Rossini Arias release! Read the translation below, or the visit www.pizzicato.lu to read in the original language: “While American tenor Lawrence Brownlee may not have assembled the best-known Rossini tenor arias for this recital, it shows him to be a genuine interpreter…
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