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New Focus Recordings

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth conducts Mahler, Mariss Jansons conducts Schumann & Schubert, and Daniel Lippel plays Steve Reich

François-Xavier Roth’s Mahler offers plenty of personality and ideas; there’s nothing on Mariss Jansons’ disc that’s really worth your time; guitarist Daniel Lippel draws out Steve Reich’s lyrical qualities.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BR Klassik, Daniel Lippel, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Mariss Jansons, New Focus Recordings

Classical CD Reviews: Duo Noire’s “Night Triptych,” Justin Taylor’s “Continuum,” and Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem”

Night Triptych is an important disc, but also an inviting one that takes you to some fresh places well worth experiencing. Also, another success for harpsichordist Justin Taylor, and a well-earned one at that.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alpha, Duo Noire, Ein deutsches Requiem, Hyperion, Justin Taylor. Continuum, New Focus Recordings, Night Triptych

Year-end CD Round-up, Part 1: Rosanne Philippens’ Prokofiev, Dover Quartet’s “Voices of Defiance,” Longleash’s “Passage,” Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 4, and Barbara Hannigan’s “Crazy Girl Crazy”

Reviews of performances that are energetic, immediate, muscular, and simply breathtaking.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alpha, Barbara Hannigan, Cedille, Channel Classics, Crazy Girl Crazy, Longleash, Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 4, New Focus Recordings, Passage, Prokofiev, Rosanne Philippens, SWR Classics, The Dover Quartet, Viktor Ullmann, Voices of Defiance

Classical CD Reviews: David Del Tredici’s “Child Alice” and Scott Wollschleger’s “Soft Aberration”

Child Alice is an important addition to the recorded catalogue of major American symphonic music.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: "Soft Aberration", BMOP/sound, Child Alice, David del Tredici, New Focus Recordings, Scott Wollschleger

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