A second Fanfare critic has added our new recording of Bellini’s I Puritani to their “Not to be missed” list: “From Delos comes an impressive new studio release of Bellini’s final opera, I puritani, recorded at the Kaunas Philharmonic. …Lawrence Brownlee is one of the finest bel canto tenors of his generation. And, among tenors who have participated…
AllMusic reviews Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian‘s recording of Bellini’s I Puritani: “it’s a fine reading of the opera with many attractions bel canto buffs should check out. One for American listeners is that it offers a preview of conductor Constantine Orbelian, who, despite his U.S. birth, has worked mostly in the former Soviet…
Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s Bellini: I Puritani recording gets a 4 and 5 star review in the new issue of BBC Music Magazine! “The young American tenor Lawrence Brownlee is an impressive Arturo, light of tone and with an easy ascent into the upper register. The pace of his ‘A te o…
Göran Forsling offers a fourth MusicWeb International review of Oksana Volkova’s Poison d’Amour release with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony: “It was also as Maddalena I first met her in the Delos recording of Rigoletto with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role… Maddalena is hardly a role that catapults a singer to stardom, but even…
The International Clarinet Association’s May 2021 Reviews feature a review of Les Temps Modernes’ December Chrysanthemum: Chamber Music of Xiaogang Ye: “The 2020 album December Chrysanthemum is a fusion of independently developed and long-lived styles, melded together in new and interesting ways by composer Xiaogang Ye. Xiaogang does a masterful job blending the two distant and distinct…
The International Clarinet Association’s May 2021 Reviews feature a wonderful breakdown of Mark Abel’s The Cave of Wondrous Voice featuring David Shifrin, Fred Sherry, Hila Plitmann, Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker, Dominic Cheli, Carol Rosenberger, and Sarah Beck: “The first work on the album, Intuition’s Dance, is performed by clarinetist, David Shifrin and pianist, Carol Rosenberger. This spirited piece…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour album is named an Opera News Critic’s Choice! “an audacious compilation of mezzo-soprano (and soprano-adjacent) arias… Poison d’Amour announces Volkova as the real deal: a full-bodied, lyric mezzo-soprano with intelligence, passion, nuance and a healthy dose of chutzpah… And Constantine Orbelian’s decadent and limpid conducting…
Rafael de Acha has a wonderful preview and review of the new Approaching Autumn release from Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig: “Jonah Kim dives into this music with courage underpinned by formidable technical prowess, with which he achieves a dazzling performance. Mark Abel’s Approaching Autumn is a one-movement, 2020 composition, melodically forthcoming, harmoniously laid-out, often playful, eminently…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour release is Opera Magazine’s July 2021 Disc of the Month! “‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song. The Belarusian mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova has a well- nourished voice that has already taken her…
In a wide-ranging review, Constantine P. Carambelas-Sgourdas offers high praise for guitar virtuoso Smaro Gregoriadou’s fourth Delos album, A Healing Fire, featuring works by Bach, Britten, Gubaidulina and Hetu. “The distinguished guitarist Smaro Gregoriadou is a special case among classical guitarists, in that she never stops exploring new sonic and technical possibilities of her instrument…
Robert Hugill reviews Smaro Gregoriadou’s A Healing Fire recording on Planet Hugill: “Her account of the [J.S. Bach Sonata‘s] opening ‘Grave’ is strong and firm, whilst the ‘Fuga’ is crisp, firm and quite steady with Gregoriadou making explicit what often has to be left implicit in Bach’s original. The ‘Andante’ is firmly rhythmic with a…
Fanfare Magazine’s March/April 2021 issue features an incredible review for Andrew Balio and Bruce Bengtson’s Soli Deo Gloria – Bach recording: “My praise here is unabashedly stratospheric: This is, hands down, the most magnificent, eloquent, communicative trumpet playing I have ever heard in my life, and I have a whole shelf full of trumpet CDs…
All Music Guide critic James Manheim gives a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating to the Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Klava’s recording of the Komitas Divine Liturgy: “This version by the Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava is the first non-Armenian recording of the work (the lead soloists are Armenian). It came about at the behest of Armenia’s ambassador to Latvia, who…
Critic Michael Cookson reviews Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s recording, Amour éternel, in MusicWeb International: “From start to finish in this studio recital, Siurina impresses with an accomplished performance, by turns assertive, vulnerable, passionate, sensitive, and tormented. … In a most convincing performance, Siurina demonstrates her smooth, attractive tone and satisfying levels…
Critic Göran Forsling reviews Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s recording, Amour éternel, in MusicWeb International: “Ekaterina Siurina has a beautiful voice, sings with good legato, is careful with nuances and her top rings out with brilliance. She has also a good trill, which she displays in Juliette’s Je veux vivre.… she is…
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