Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar is a short opera addressed to one of the cataclysmic events in twentieth century Spanish culture, the murder of poet Federico García Lorca by Falangist enforcers. In this premiere recording, Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar, Dawn Upshaw portrays Margarita Xirgu, the Spanish actress who took the lead role in the original ...
At first blush, the music of greatest interest on this disc might appear to be Rainbow Body by Christopher Theofanidis and blue cathedral by Jennifer Higdon. Theofanidis demonstrates that orchestration is his strength, and he makes good use of his skills. Yet in spite of the sumptuous sonorities he produces, Theofanidis seems caught up in late ...
Brilliant programming is here undone by mediocre performances. Starting with Thomas Tallis' brief a cappella chorus "Why Fum'th in Fight" to lead into Ralph Vaughan Williams' ecstatic string orchestra Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis based on "Why Fum'th" was a brilliant idea. For the first time, listeners could hear the source and the ...
Jennifer Higdon is a forty-something composer who teaches at Curtis and has garnered a lot of attention and interest where it counts -- commissions from major performers and orchestras, Guggenheim fellowships, residencies with major ensembles and festivals, and acclaim from critics and audiences alike. With the Telarc CD City Scape, Higdon has ...
Berlioz's Requiem is not something often heard live, because of its length and required number of performers, so most people only encounter it through recordings. A successful recording should capture the full grandeur of the work. This one by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus goes a long way toward that goal, but ultimately ...
Fans of contemporary but conservative choral music brimming with tonal melodies, steady rhythms, and accessible harmonies may find this Telarc album a pleasant diversion, though they should also note that the works presented here by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus are fairly dramatic, somewhat presentational, a little ...
Jennifer Higdon is a 40-something composer who teaches at Curtis and has garnered a lot of attention and interest where it counts -- commissions from major performers and orchestras, Guggenheim fellowships, residencies with major ensembles and festivals, and acclaim from critics and audiences alike. With the Telarc CD City Scape, Higdon has ...
Brilliant programming is here undone by mediocre performances. Starting with Thomas Tallis' brief a cappella chorus "Why Fum'th in Fight" to lead into Ralph Vaughan Williams' ecstatic string orchestra Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis based on "Why Fum'th" was a brilliant idea. For the first time, listeners could hear the source and the ...
The three pieces by Osvaldo Golijov recorded here offer more evidence that his is one of the freest and most compelling voices on the scene. Although he came to the attention of the broader public in 2000 with the bold stylistic juxtapositions of La Pasión según San Marco, Oceana, written in 1996, incorporates a comparable diversity of elements. ...
Robert Spano's performance of Brahms' German Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony & Chorus deserves to take a place among the finest recorded versions of the piece. In spite of the size of the chorus of 200 (very capably prepared by Norman Mackenzie), Spano manages to maintain a texture that's clean and transparent even at the moments where the music ...
Telarc's recording of La bohème with Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus was taken from a concert performance of the opera in 2007. It's a solid account of the opera, and the ensemble spirit of the singers is one of its greatest strengths. The cast includes no superstars with huge voices, but young singers who are early ...
Telarc's recording of La bohème with Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus was taken from a concert performance of the opera in 2007. It's a solid account of the opera, and the ensemble spirit of the singers is one of its greatest strengths. The cast includes no superstars with huge voices, but young singers who are early ...
Michael Gandolfi's 67-minute The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is stylistically all over the place (not that that's a bad thing), but it takes its inspiration from a single source, a sprawling sculptural garden of the same name created (primarily) by American architect Charles Jencks in the hills of Scotland. Gandolfi depicts various elements of ...
Robert Spano's performance of Brahms' German Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony & Chorus deserves to take a place among the finest recorded versions of the piece. In spite of the size of the chorus of 200 (very capably prepared by Norman Mackenzie), Spano manages to maintain a texture that's clean and transparent even at the moments where the music ...
Michael Gandolfi's 67-minute The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is stylistically all over the place (not that that's a bad thing), but it takes its inspiration from a single source, a sprawling sculptural garden of the same name created (primarily) by American architect Charles Jencks in the hills of Scotland. Gandolfi depicts various elements of ...
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