ELLE, Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
Philippe Renaud - Le Devoir
L'exceptionnel parcours d'Angèle Dubeau
Emilie Côté - La Presse
Angèle Dubeau lance son 46e album
Francis Bolduc - PRESS READER
★ ★ ★ ★
“… The other pieces may win your heart immediately; this one [String Quartet No. 5] will reward concentration. The ARC Ensemble is nearly flawless, and they play with a rich, romantic approach. The sound is excellent as well…”
Stephen Estep – American Record Guide – January/February 2022
★ ★ ★ ★
“… There’s real beauty on this disc, all beautifully played.”
Michael Schulman - thewholenote.com – 6 December 2021
★ ★ ★ ★
“… Performances and recording are to the customary high standards of this series, while Simon Wynberg’s notes provide valuable perspective on a composer whose music, judging from that heard here, is worth further exploration …”
Richard Whitehouse – Gramophone – November 2021
The Strad Recommends
“… Excellent sound, evangelical performances and music that’s a thrill to discover (and, evidently, play)… “
Andrew Mellor – The Strad – November 2021
Performance **** Recording *****
★ ★ ★ ★
“The Toronto-based ARC Ensemble appears to be going from strength to strength in their quest to bring to our attention a whole roster of composers whose careers were unjustly blighted by political suppression...To my mind, [the Fifth Quartet] is the strongest work in the programme, and suggests that there is an urgent need to hear more music by this prolific and fascinating composer.”
Erik Levi – BBC Music magazine – December 2021
Artistic Quality 9 Sound Quality 9
★ ★ ★ ★
“…The performances captured here make a wholly positive impression. The ARC Ensemble plays each piece with the kind of passionate conviction that its immediacy of expression demands. While the two string quartets show the evolution of Klebanov’s style most graphically, the Second Piano Trio is the major work here: thirty minutes of magnificently sustained musical discourse illuminated by captivating instrumental textures in this beautifully balanced interpretation. Chandos provides first-class engineering too. In sum, this is an excellent release in all respects, and if good, interesting chamber music is your thing, don’t hesitate for a moment.”
David Hurwitz – ClassicsToday.com – October 2021
★ ★ ★ ★
“… Even if Klebanov’s music may be perceived as very striking and edgy in parts, ARC succeeds in enlivening the vocal sides and linear developments of the works as well, thus making the entire richness of the music resound. Thus, we owe another discovery to ARC’s activities.” *****
Uwe Krusch – Pizzicato.lu – 24 October 2021
★ ★ ★ ★
“… Fine and fascinating works, superbly played, by a composer who should have much more recognition.”
Gary Higginson – MusicWeb-International.com – 21 September 2021
UIDSCOVERMUSIC Guitarist Miloš Announces ‘The Moon & The Forest’
This album has won a prestigious award in Japan for its sound quality!
Featuring soloist Andrew Wan with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - OSM and Kent Nagano, the album "AN28920 Ginastera, Bernstein, Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra" won the "Best Engineering Award" thanks to the work of master Carl Talbot with whom we have the honor to be working.
Listen to the album: https://music.analekta.com/Ginastera-Bernstein-Moussa
À propos de l'album Ginastera - Bernstein - Moussa d'Andrew Wan avec
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - OSM
dirigé par Kent Nagano, le magazine Crescendo écrit:
"Le travail sur les timbres est impressionnant et l’ensemble compose une partition assez inclassable par sa richesse sonore et sa palette de nuances entre scansions et échanges instrumentaux aux limites de l'expérience sonore."
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Pierre Jean Tribot - Crescendo-magazine.be - Décembre 2020
Sélectionné par CBC Music comme l'un des 20 meilleurs albums de musique classique de 2020.
Le Devoir Andrew Wan en première ligne
PanAm 360 ANDREW WAN ET L’EFFET NAGANO
The WholeNote décrit le nouvel album Beethoven : Sonates pour violon et piano nº 1, 2, 3 et 5 du violoniste Andrew Wan et du pianiste Charles Richard-Hamelin comme étant « Un pur bonheur du début à la fin, les performances ici sont du même haut niveau que sur le volume précédent dans cette série qui continue d'impressionner.»
Terry Robbins - The Whole Note - Décembre 2020
Gramophone
Throughout the album, the engineering and fine acoustical space, Église St-Augustin in Mirabel, Quebec, enable the musicians’ keen partnership to emerge with crystalline clarity.
- Donald Rosenberg