CD, Bolcom (composer)
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most of the time Hamelin inhabits the spirit of the music, which has more variety than you might expect: there’s not a dud among the 27 tracks…A clear picture of an essential chapter in American... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th June 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Piano
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Joyce & Tony
RecommendedLive at the Wigmore Hall
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) & Antonio Pappano (piano)
both of these artists know how to deliver popular material with skill and grace...[in the Haydn] DiDonato's interpretative imagination matches Tony Pappano's thoughtful and pianistic approach...[Pappano]... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Much of it is beautifully done. Charvet has a warm, appealing mezzo, with a tangy lower register and fine dynamic control at the top. She’s at her best in jazz-inflected or declamatory numbers...Manoff,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Special offer. American Classics - William Bolcom
RecommendedMeasha Brueggergosman, Ilona Davidson (soprano), Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano), Nathan Lee Graham (baritone), Thomas Young (tenor), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Peter Ruth (harmonica, vocals)
University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra & Musical Society, Leonard Slatkin
This is a magnum opus that occupied Bolcom for 25 years, starting as early as 1956. He's drawn on a wide range of musical styles to parallel Blake's method of moving from sophisticated to almost... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Classical Album of the Year
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Special offer. William Bolcom: Piano Music
Constantine Finehouse (piano), Estela Olevsky (piano), Ursula Oppens (piano) & Christopher Taylor (piano)
Bolcom is a stylistic chameleon whose own voice is not so much absent as (purposely?) underplayed…Maybe this hardly matters given the sheer finesse of his writing, not least as rendered by... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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Bolcom’s works are delightful and sensitive and written brilliantly for the piano...I am sold on him as a composer of range and some depth. — More…
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The true premise of this recital may be to display Vermeulen’s versatility; she is a rare specialist in both the 18th and 21st centuries, and she sings everything in between with understanding... — More…
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Two New Comic Operas by Musto & Bolcom
New York Festival of Song: Lisa Vroman (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Patrick Mason (baritone), Matthew Boehler (bass), Steven Blier and Michael Barrett (piano)
A real curiosity, this. Two new comic operas, written by two different composers and the same librettist, as a double bill...I cannot single out any particular singer for praise, because the... — More…
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