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Archive for Rafael’s Music Notes

Oksana Volkova
Posted by Delos Productions on March 1, 2021

Music Notes Review for Oksana Volkova’s Poison D’Amour

Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s upcoming Poison D’Amour recording gets a Music Notes review: “The Delos CD opens with O ma lyre immortelle from Gounod’s rarely done Sapho. In this aria and in two selections from Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence and Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix  the Belarusian singer displays a luscious sound that she…

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Posted by Delos Productions on July 22, 2020

Music Notes Reviews Komitas Divine Liturgy

Rafael de Acha features the Latvian Radio Choir’s recording of the Komitas Divine Liturgy: “a rare sampling of the liturgical music of the Armenian people. The hour-long work – performed in this recording by the superb Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Klava – introduces the listener to the hauntingly exotic music of the 19th century priest…

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Posted by Delos Productions on March 18, 2020

Rafael’s Music Notes Reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian’s The Other Cleopatra

Rafael’s Music Notes reviews Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, the Kaunas City Symphony, and Jory Vinikour’s new recording, The Other Cleopatra: “In this intriguing DELOS release the Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian explores the story of Cleopatra of Egypt, Queen Consort of King Tigranes II of Armenia in the operatic music of Hasse, Vivaldi and Gluck, all…

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Emanuele Segre
Posted by Delos Productions on January 21, 2020

Emanuele Segre’s Italian Guitar Concertos is an Instant Favorite!

Rafael de Acha reviews Emanuele Segre, Carlo Boccadoro, and Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali’s Italian Guitar Concertos recording on Rafael Music Notes: “The Italian guitarist Emanuele Segre’s recording of Italian concerti for guitar has instantly become a favorite in my collection of CD’s thanks to this artist’s gifts for bringing to new life the familiar – Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto…

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David Shifrin on couch
Posted by Delos Productions on November 13, 2019

Five Stars for David Shifrin’s Clarinet Quintets for Our Time!

Rafael de Acha gives a five-star review to David Shifrin and the Dover, and Harlem Quartets recording, Clarinet Quintets for Our Time: “a testimony to the riches of American chamber music. … The album features three selections each averaging 18 minutes in length, each distinctive in its compositional style, two impeccably played by the Dover Quartet,…

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Robert and the Mellifera Quartet
Posted by Delos Productions on August 13, 2019

Rafael de Acha Reviews the “Superb” Clarinet Classics At Riversdale Recording

Rafael de Acha has a new review for Robert DiLutis and the Mellifera Quartet‘s Clarinet Classics at Riversdale recording: “here, with the release of the lovely Clarinet Classics at Riversdale, we get acquainted with Weber’s technically challenging and melodically satisfying Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat Major. … In the process we gladly encounter…

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Kristian Benedikt
Posted by Delos Productions on May 20, 2019

Kristian Benedikt’s Vocal Beauty on display in Tenore di Forza

“What defines a singer is not what he sings but how he sings it, and that includes not only the basic vocal equipment but the capacity to meet the demands of the vocal writing: endurance, range, volume, and cutting power. Add to that the musicianship, the ear for languages, and the stylistic flair expected from…

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Verdi Messa Da Requiem Performance
Posted by Delos Productions on January 21, 2019

Verdi: Requiem Review from Rafael’s Music Notes

Our Verdi: Messa da Requiem release (now available as a HD downloadable concert film from iTunes) gets a CD review from Rafael’s Music Notes: “The first solo utterance in the Requiem is given to the mezzo-soprano: here, the superb Olesya Petrova, possessor of a fine dramatic sound capable of descending below the staff with a sensational chest…

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Stephen Costello
Posted by Delos Productions on December 5, 2018

Rafael Music Notes Reviews A Te, O Cara

Rafael’s Music Notes reviews Stephen Costello’s new A Te, O Cara recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony: “Stephen Costello … is an intelligent, sensitive, highly musical singer who fastidiously pays attention to the text and the dynamic markings of the music he sings in this recording. His sound is luscious, his technique…

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Posted by Delos Productions on November 29, 2018

Rafael’s Reviews Roundup

Rafael’s Music Notes recently released a series of reviews on some older Delos releases, and we’re pleased to share! Ambar: El Diablo Suelto “The entire album, even when the music is nice and slow and voluptuous, is energizing. Often toe-tapping cross-rhythms defy one to get up and dance (which I did a couple of times).…

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Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker
Posted by Delos Productions on November 20, 2018

Rafael’s Music Notes Reviews Brahms Hungarian Dances

Rafael’s Music Notes declares Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Fabio Bidini’s new recording a “Hungarian Feast”: “German violinist Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Italian pianist Fabio Bidini compellingly make a case with their playing for the erasing of any and all national boundaries. The duo lovingly makes this minor miracle happen by playing this category-defying music with equal quantities of Hungarian szenvedély and szomorú spiced with a nice…

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A Lost World: Schubert Songs and Duets
Posted by Delos Productions on October 10, 2018

Schubert’s Lost World is a Welcome Gift

Rafael’s Music Notes has the first review for Susanna Phillips, Shenyang, and Brian Zeger‘s new A Lost World recording: “…the Delos CD A Lost World is a welcome gift culled from the Schubert mother lode and a nice item to have in one’s collection of vocal rarities. … [Ganymede and Elysium] are sung here with delicacy and…

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William Villaverde
Posted by Delos Productions on August 8, 2018

Rafael’s Music Notes reviews Cuban Memoirs

“It is with a mix of pleasure and surprise that I listened to Cuban Memoirs (DE3535), a Delos CD of piano music by Andrés Alén.…Through ten tracks, spanning roughly 54 minutes of playing time, the protean pianist William Villaverde. tackles and conquers the technical intricacies of Alén’s music. But that’s merely technique, and what matters in Villaverde’s playing are his soulful,…

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Posted by Delos Productions on December 15, 2017

Delos Year-End List Roundup

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…

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