You may already be aware that the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are Europe’s rough equivalent to the classical end of our own Grammys, with distinguished jury members representing 16 different countries ranging from Turkey to Russia. Delos has been honored to receive eight ICMA nominations from 2016 to 2018, making Delos one of the handful…
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…
Now Available on CD, MP3, Streaming, and Hi-Res Downloads These seldom-heard Schubert lieder—setting verses by German poets including Schiller and Goethe—reflect the Romantic-era’s artistic obsession with the classical myths and literature of ancient Greece. The resulting songs and duets reveal levels of fantasy and nobility rarely found among Schubert’s nearly 700 lieder. As performed by…
Fair world, where are you? Alas, only in the magic land of song Does your fabled memory live on. Friedrich von Schiller, The Gods of Greece Schiller’s poignant verses express the longing of the German Romantics to connect with the power and pathos of the classical world. Several years ago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art…
We’re celebrating the upcoming opening of the 2017-2018 Met Opera Season with a new Spotify playlist highlighting the Delos voices you’ll hear throughout the upcoming year! These include Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma), Jamie Barton (Norma), Susanna Phillips (La Boheme), Susan Graham (The Merry Widow), Isabel Leonard (Le Nozze di Figaro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Le Nozze di Figaro,…
Delos artist Susanna Phillips performed with musicians from the Met Orchestra on Monday, January 9th. But before the performance, she broadcast a preview courtesy of The New York Times! Watch it below: Susanna Phillips Recordings on Delos
The Metropolitan Opera released its 2015-2016 Schedule on Wednesday, and it’s stocked with current and future Delos artists! The highlight of the announcement was that Sondra Radvanovsky will become the first singer in Met history to star as the three heroines of Donizetti’s “Tudor Queens” trilogy in one season, singing the roles of Anne Boleyn,…
As we get close to 2015, we’re taking some time to look back on an exciting 2014 filled with fantastic releases! Below are our March and April releases. Make sure to check back here for the rest of the recaps! Lawrence Brownlee: Virtuoso Rossini Arias GRAMMY Nomination!!!! ICMA Nomination: Best Vocal Recital New York Times…
With Paul Appelby, Brian Zeger and Susanna Phillips all being Juilliard alumni, the Juilliard Journal has a splendid review of their new Dear Theo recording: “This recording, a sampling of Moore’s recent output interpreted by some of today’s best artists, shows why singers admire his work so much. … Moore’s perceptive and sensitive choices are…
Grego Applegate Edwards’s Classical-Modern Music Review has a new feature on the Ben Moore Song Cycles recording Dear Theo: “The three cycles represented in this disk show [Ben Moore’s] talent for dramatic musical settings of interesting texts. As the composer remarks in the liners, all three have as underlying theme the wish for freedom. ……
The Dear Theo song cycles by Ben Moore have Opera News critic, Steven Jude Tietjen, singing praises for composer and artists alike: “Each of these three song cycles — given their first recorded performances on this Delos disc — displays composer Ben Moore’s aptitude for psychologically probing yet undeniably appealing storytelling. … Paul Appleby’s interpretation…
2014 has featured quite a few Delos recordings of Met Opera artists this season, and this summer they have been coming into your home thanks to the PBS “Great Performances at the Met” series! Last week featured Power Players bass, Ildar Abdrazakov in Prince Igor and coming to a PBS Station near you this Friday…
Dear Theo Ben Moore, composer Artists: Paul Appleby, tenor; Susanna Phillips, soprano; Brett Polegato, baritone; Brian Zeger, piano; Three Song Cycles by Ben Moore “…an American songwriter with a knack for matching texts to lyrically generous, harmonically rich music.” — New York Times Ben Moore is a particularly eloquent exponent of the art song, noted…
Now Available for digital streaming and download: Dear Theo Three Song Cycles by Ben Moore Dear Theo • So Free am I • Ode to a Nightingale Artists: Paul Appleby, tenor; Susanna Phillips, soprano; Brett Polegato, baritone; Brian Zegler, piano; “…an American songwriter with a knack for matching texts to lyrically generous, harmonically rich music.”…
Gramophone‘s December issue is on the shelves, and recent Delos release Colors of Feelings gets a strong review from critic Ken Smith: “Sopranos Susanna Phillips and Elizabeth Futral illuminate the music’s broad emotional terrain…One would be hard-pressed to find a more evocative poet than Wynelle Ann Carson, whose restraint in expression finds a carefully understated…
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