The February 2019 issue of The Whole Note features a great new review for Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Fabio Bidini‘s new Brahms: Hungarian Dances recording in their “Strings Attached” section: “The German violinist Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker is the brilliant soloist in Brahms Hungarian Dances, a recital of all 21 pieces originally written for piano four hands and…
Order Now “The relationships between composers and their favourite interpreters are responsible for some of the best vocal music ever written. … Georgy Sviridov found his muse in Dmitri Hvorostovsky. … Hvorostovsky became “the” voice for Sviridov’s music. The one project the composer did not finish before his death was an orchestral version of Russia…
Order Now “In her own time, Nadia Boulanger was truly a legend. A pianist, organist and conductor, as well as composer, she was a renowned educator who taught well over a thousand students during her long career. … Today, almost 40 years after her death, her legendary stature remains undiminished. But her compositions are largely…
“In writing Amorisms, which was jointly commissioned by ALIAS Chamber Ensemble, vocal ensemble Portara and the Nashville Ballet, [Paul] Moravec speaks of the challenges of writing engaging music for both, whilst not detracting from the dance performance. The resultant music, with recurring, carefully pruned texts, provides a gorgeous and evocative palette to enhance the stage…
Critic Robert Tomas, writing in the online Canadian music magazine The Whole Note, had some very positive things to say about three song cycles by composer Ben Moore, as recorded on Delos’ recent release, DEAR THEO (DE 3437). Tomas begins his review by reminding his readers of Moore’s distinguished reputation as a composer of art…
The WholeNote‘s Terry Robbins reviews the latest Brazilian Guitar Quartet release, Spanish Dances: “…a wide selection of works by Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Joaquin Turina, Joaquin Rodrigo, Federico Mompou and Isaac Albéniz, all in outstanding arrangements by quartet member Tadeo do Amaral.… quite dazzling performances and a beautiful quality to the recorded sound, which…
Terry Robbins of The WholeNote has high praise for cellist Michael Samis and his new Delos release, Reinecke: Cello Concerto: “The Reinecke concerto was written in 1864, and is a lovely, immediately accessible work clearly influenced by Reinecke’s teacher, Felix Mendelssohn. Samis has the necessary big, warm tone, and there is some lovely orchestral support…
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