Archives for October 2009

Two Reviews for Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Audiophile Audition and Allmusic reviews
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires; Fugata; Troilo: Contrabajeando; Iturralde: Suite Hellenique; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

John Sunier
Audiophile Audition, October 06, 2009
DE 3387
Rating: 5 stars
There are now saxophone quartets or quintets all over the world, and it’s one of my personal favorite chamber ensembles. The Italian Sax Quartet was founded in […]

29 October 2009 | , Reviews | No Comments

Vinikour New Handel Album Review

Delos
Handel: Harpsichord Suites (1720)
James Manheim
Allmusic.com, September 2009
DE 3394
013491339429
Performance: 4 stars
Sound: 4 stars
 
Harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, American-born and French-trained, enters a fairly crowded field with this set of Handel’s suites for harpsichord and emerges with a strong showing. He avoids the bouncy quality that can work well in Handel in general but isn’t quite suited to these […]

26 October 2009 | New Releases, Reviews | No Comments

Gregoriadou Reinventing Guitar Review

Magazine: JAZZ & TZAZ
(Greece)
October 2009
Issue #199, Page 56
RECORDS REVIEWS
Writer: Thomas Tamvakos
Title: SMARO GREGORIADOU: Reinventing Guitar! (Delos)
In my previous written references about the talented musician Smaro Gregoriadou, I had already stressed how positively would contribute to her artistic prevalence her impending cd edition Reinventing Guitar! released by the world famous California recording label Delos. The quality of the final […]

18 October 2009 | Reviews | No Comments

Trevisani: Bach Trio Sonatas Review

FALAUT MAGAZINE
J.S.Bach – Trio sonatas for flute, violin and piano
Raffaele Trevisani, flute
Piet Koornhof, violin
Paola Girardi, pianoforte
Delos DDD

Trevisani, Koornhof and Girardi bring the structural and expressive elements of these works to a new level in this recording, creating a rare balance between a modern and traditional aesthetic.
The trio sonata, which is characterized by three contrapuntal lines, […]

10 October 2009 | Reviews | No Comments