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REVIEWS

29/4/23

Sonograma

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Carme Miró

"Tore Tom Denys, amb els músics del Dionysos Now!, ens revela un art sublim interpretat per veus nítides, delicades i encisadores, que brillen en la grisor de la passió. Tot un món bategant que marca amb accents la polifonia que canalitza la bellesa de la música."

EPRC 0051

7/4/23

Americal Record Guide

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James Harrington

"Van de Velde’s excellent piano playing is complemented by his informative booklet essays on the composer and the music. The high-resolution recording was made in Luxembourg on a superb Steinway. This recording is most definitely on the same level as Lugansky’s and contains more music. I would be hard pressed to choose between the two and am pleased to have both."

EPRC 0048

7/4/23

Classica

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Jacques Bonnaure

"Iil se dégage de ces interprétations un beau sentiment d’harmonie et d’ailleurs, cette approche sert les œuvres dont le tissu polyphonique apparaît toujours clairement."

EPRC 0048

1/3/23

Scherzo

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Manuel de Lara Ruiz

"Toda la polifonía está interpretada con tanta intensidad y emoción como delicadeza, con esa maravillosa resonancia y conjunción de esta escuela interpretativa. No se puede sacar mayor partido a esta hermosa música, tratada como una obra de orfebrería"

EPRC 0051

2/1/23

CD Hotlist

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Rick Anderson

"Here’s another outstanding world-premiere recording: the six-voice, all-male Dionysos Now! ensemble, led by Tore Tom Denys, has undertaken a project to record little-known works by the most famous composer to come from Denys’ home town of Roeselare: Adriaan Willaert. [...] The Mass’s unusual structure is worth reading about, and as always with this group the singing is outstanding.

EPRC 0047

7/10/22

Diapason

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Pascal Brissaud

"On y admirera spécialement les prolongements strophiques de la Sicilienne centrale, qui semblent contempler un ciel lointain. Et quelle intelligence dans le moindre pizzicato ! "

EPRC 0044

1/10/22

Scherzo

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Asier Vallejo Ugarte

"No eran desconocidas las cualidades de Romaniuk al pianoforte, revalidadas asimismo en unas brillantes Variaciones sobre “Une fiebre brûlante”, así que son los cuatro miembros del Wolf los que sorprenden por su manera de tocar fresca y directa, rigurosa pero sin abrumar, dejando a la música respirar y mostrando en ambas piezas una lógica que las hace irresistibles. Todo adquiere sentido, nada sucede arbitrariamente. Uno piensa en Lupu o en Perahia, en Brendel o en Hough, pero por nadie cambiaría a los artífices de esta pequeña gran maravilla."

EPRC 0038

11/7/22

FONO Forum

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„Weinberg lets them tell, complain, remember, invoke, report, affirm. The music ́s „speaking“ gesture is, in a way, hugged by Peter Wispelwey as a fabulous solo cellist who also adds a touching emotionality which in no moment slips away into sentimentality or agitation.“

EPRC 0045

3/6/22

BBC Music Magazine

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Julian Haylock

"Roth sustains his flawlessly smooth, luxuriously tones sonority, so that each movement emerges in terms of its majestic formal perfection, undistracted by interpretive tricks and quirks."

EPRC 0040

3/6/22

BBC Music Magazine

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Erik Levi

"Pieter Wispelwey inflects the solo cello part with tremendous artistry, sculpting Weinberg's melodic lines with a wonderful sence of colour and imagination yet without succumbing to indulgent emotion even int he most heart-rending passages. The Belgian ensemble Les Métamorphoses under the direction of Raphaël Feye are admirably responsive partners [...] A word of praise too for the recording which captures these fine performances in stunningly vivid sound."

EPRC 0045

18/5/22

HighresAudio

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Editors Choice

„Inspired by the works of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sir Roger Norrington, the Belgian orchestra Les Métamorphoses has set itself the task of creating a new richness of sound by combining modern and old instruments.“

EPRC 0045

7/5/22

The Guardian

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Fiona Maddocks

"Wispelwey plays with supple energy, keeping emotion in check in the lament at start and finish, the double-stopped chords clean and precise, the pizzicato warm and fluid."

EPRC 0045

22/4/22

Pizzicato

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"As with the sonatas, Roth enchants above all with the elegance of his tone."

EPRC 0040

22/4/22

Klassik heute

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„Compared to Wallfsh (cpo), Wispelwes ́s solo parts are much more eloquent and colorful, partly with the inclusion of certain freedoms (occasional rubato, tasteful portamenti, smaller decorations and nuances on the articulation). The orchestra also contributes to these lively, spirited interpretations.“

EPRC 0045

18/4/22

Planet Hugill

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"This is a terrific disc, providing a tantalising picture of a composer about whom we still know so little. How this music and his life fits together, how he thought of the music. But the performances are vividly present and full of warmth and intensity. There is a vein of melancholy underlying even the most beautiful moments and all three works warrant repeated listening."

EPRC 0045

17/4/22

Kultur Extra

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„An album that is conspicuous is every way. [...] A chamber orchestra association brilliantly familiar with historical performance practice.“

EPRC 0045

15/4/22

The Stradt

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Tim Homfray

"This is a fundamentally lyrical account, imbued with grade and beauty."

EPRC 0040

11/4/22

Music Frames

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Mattie Poels

"De uitvoeringen zijn van een ongekende schoonheid die niet alleen verwondert maar ook respect afdwingt."

EPRC 0043

11/4/22

Music Frames

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Mattie Poels

"Het ensemble Dionysos Now! werkt met groot vakmanschap aan stemkleuring, intonatie, zuiverheid en het zeer spaarzame gebruik van vibrato."

EPRC 0041

2/4/22

Slipped Disc

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Norman Lebrecht

"Possibly the best Weinberg ever heard on record."

EPRC 0045

2/4/22

Scherzo

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Félix de Azúa

"En la ya abundante discografía de Weinberg, esta edición merece un lugar destacado."

EPRC 0045

17/3/22

Pizzicato

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„With the ensemble Les Metamorphoses, Pieter Wispelwey and Raphael Feye, also a cellist but here active as a conductor, give these works by Weinberg a primarily restrained elegiac character, in which only sporadically cheerful dance-like sections blossom. This fits in with Weinberg’s life situation and the resulting compositions. The performers savor these muted colors of the music and also the more lively passages without exaggerating into melancholy or, on the other hand, excessive exaltation ...the participants create a musically successful picture of these works from Weinberg’s pen.“

EPRC 0045

3/3/22

Volkskrant

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Guido van Oorschot

EPRC 0046

16/2/22

De Standaard

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Jasper Croonen

"Met een pakkende vertolking, waaruit vooral een indrukwekkende ensemblekracht spreekt, weet het Vlaams Radiokoor vooral dat humane karakter bloot te leggen. [...] Dit is een aangrijpende ode aan het leven in al zijn broosheid."

EPRC 0046

7/2/22

CD Hotlist

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Rick Anderson

"The six-voice male Dionysos Now! ensemble seeks to remedy that with these sonically and musically sumptuous recordings, which not only showcase heartbreakingly beautiful compositions but also a surprisingly rich vocal sound; normally a small-force male ensemble isn’t my favorite, but this one sounds amazing."

EPRC 0043

4/2/22

Limelight Arts

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Michael Quinn

"Violinist Linus Roth continues his championing of the prolific Mieczysław Weinberg in fine style with a compelling account of the A Minor Piano Trio in the company of pianist José Gallardo and cellist Danjulo Ishizaka."

EPRC 0044

4/2/22

Gramophone

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Richard Whitehouse

"The sound is admirable in its clarity and less unyielding than the previous releases, and Roth’s notes are perceptive without becoming wantonly enthusiastic. He deserves credit from Weinberg devotees and newcomers alike for such formidable and unstinting advocacy."

EPRC 0044

4/2/22

Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

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Winner

„On this album, simple singing turns into the most powerful form of speech about a hopeless present: an overwhelming listening impression om the sense if the word, right down to the last second o this forgotten music.“

EPRC 0045

22/12/21

BBC Music Magazine

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Erik Levi

"The present performance must surely rank amongst the finest. Roth and his regular duo partner José Gallardo, together with the exceptionally eloquent cellist Danjulo Ishizaka, have an instinctive feel for the idiom and know exactly when to ratchet up the tension, as in the blistering rhythmic energy of the ‘Toccata’ and pulsating fugal writing of the ‘Finale’, and when to provide calm reflection, as in the closing passage of the ‘Praeludium and Aria’ and the recitative passages of the ‘Poem’. A word of praise, too, for the recording which has a staggering immediacy that fully matches the urgency of Weinberg’s writing in the Trio."

EPRC 0044

6/11/21

BBC Music Magazine

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Jan Smaczny

"The C major Sonata is particularly winning with a serene opening Adagio and an exultant concluding Allegro which avoids any hint of flashy display."

EPRC 0039

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