Graham Rickson reviews Smaro Gregoriadou’s latest release, “A Healing Fire”, for The Arts Desk: “One interesting aspect of Greek guitarist Smaro Greoriadou’s playing is her willingness to experiment technically, the tunings and instruments chosen to suit the musical requirements of each work. … Her choice pays off… There’s an intensity and tautness to the sound which heightens…
Pre-Order The Arts Desk reviews Jamie Barton’s Wigmore Hall debut and her new All Who Wander recording: “This was her Wigmore Hall debut, more or less coinciding with the release of her first CD of songs by Mahler, Dvořák and Sibelius, entitled All Who Wander. The album has a linking theme, as explained in Barton’s…
“…this is a superb recital which will comfortably be devoured in a single sitting. Some of the composers’ names are familiar: I was beguiled by four short works by the Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustin Barrios.…Sean Hickey’s Tango Grotesco comes as light relief, a brilliantly written pastiche. Most recent are René Eespere’s austere Tactus spiritus…
Graham Rickson of The Arts Desk has a new rave review for Dmitry Kouzov’s new Shostakovich: Cello Concertos recording: “Dmitry Kouzov’s husky, sonorous cello tone adds extra Slavic gravitas to this pair of highly contrasted works. Kousov wisely accentuates each concerto’s emotional mood. … So much works well – piercing high woodwinds in the faster…
Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved
Delos Productions, Inc.
P.O. Box 343, Sonoma, CA 95476
707-996-3844 · 800-364-0645