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The Arts Desk Reviews Bizet
Graham Rickson of theartsdesk.com has a great new review for our San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Bizet release: “So it makes perfect sense for a crack ballet orchestra to record the work and Martin West’s San Francisco Ballet forces play the work beautifully; this disc oozes frothy joie de vivre. Musically there’s little to surprise, but the symphony does it what it does with swaggering confidence and bucketloads of brio. It’s a work which will raise…
Portraits of Colorado Composer Charles Denler
Charles Denler The music of American composer and pianist, Charles Denler, can be heard all over the world. With nearly 2000 concerts and 200 film and television scores to his credit, Charles Denler’s multiple Emmy Award-winning music can be heard all over the world. His ability to work in a wide variety of genres, and his collaborative work sense, has made him a top choice among producers and directors. Charles’ classical training and strong proficiency…
Bizet’s Symphony in C Major
Continuing our “inside” look at the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s Bizet recording, we turn to Victor and Marina Ledin’s liner notes on the Symphony in C Major. Bizet’s Symphony in C Major In 1855, at 17, while at the Paris Conservatoire, Bizet composed Symphony in C Major as a school exercise. The work shows traces of Schubert and Rossini, revealing the individuality of a man with a rare gift for melody and an instinctive grasp…
Charles Denler Talks Portraits of Colorado
PORTRAITS OF COLORADO, An American Symphony No. 1 is written in ten shorter movements to meet the needs of today’s contemporary audience. Our generation of music lovers are accustomed to playlists filled with shorter pieces of music, generally three to four minutes long. Lengthy symphonic movements often do not fit into modern playlists. Even though the symphony is divided into shorter movements, it is written in a traditional manner with theme and variation woven throughout…
An Inside Look at Bizet
An “inside” look at our San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Bizet recording courtesy of the liner notes by Victor and Marina Ledin. Bizet Bizet lived 36 years, dying three months after the production of Carmen. Biographers recount that having walked the streets of Paris after the first night his opera premiered, Bizet mourned the failure of his Carmen, so disillusioned, he retired to his home to die of a broken heart. Not quite true. Carmen received…
Atlanta Examiner Reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
The “Atlanta Live Music Examiner” reviews a host of new Blues releases on Examiner.com, including our latest Doug MacLeod release, There’s A Time: “With a soothing guitar and soulful voice, McLeod effortlessly rolls through a collection of original tunes that is pleasant to the ear.… From the opening track…there is something familiar about this record. I swear I had heard many of these tunes before but they are all McLeod originals. He plays and sings…
Dance Commentary Reviews New Bizet Recording
Noted Bay Area dance critic, Heather Desaulniers, offered a wonderful review of our first San Francisco Ballet Orchestra recording (Delibes), and has just published a new review for the latest Bizet recording on her Dance Commentary blog: “Thanks to Reference Recordings, Bay Area balletomanes can visit the ballet anytime they wish, even in the off-season. Their most recent release features three scores by Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, Jeux d’Enfants and Variations Chromatiques –…
Portraits of Colorado Conductor Scott O’Neil
Meet Portraits of Colorado Conductor, Scott O’Neil Photo Credit: Michael Martin Photography/AEG Live Currently in his eighth season with the Colorado Symphony (third as resident conductor), Scott O’Neil maintains a strong commitment to making music of the highest quality accessible to young audiences. He served as associate conductor for the Utah Symphony, which he joined in August 2000. O’Neil has guest conducted the Houston Symphony, Houston Youth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, Tulsa…
SA-CD net reviews Elgar/Vaughan Williams SACD
SA-CD.net has a review of next month’s new SACD release of our latest Kansas City Symphony recording: “Those who, like me, already have the superb CD/HDCD of this disc will discover an even greater depth of sound and stunning realism from this 5.1 channel hybrid SACD release…the surround channels have been used purely to capture the warm ambience of the recording venue – Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence, Missouri. “The delightful illustrations in the accompanying…
Landscape Artist Jerry Malzahn
Charles Denler’s PORTRAITS OF COLORADO, An American Symphony No. 1 wsas inspired by a sunrise over the Rocky Mountains and the incredible works of American Painter, Jerry Malzahn. Meet the artist behind inspiration below: Jerry Malzahn Jerry Malzahn, a talented landscape artist, was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas on september 30, 1946, moving to Texas as a young adult. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Texas and founded Malzahn Landscape…
Charles Denler Talks Portraits of Colorado with Highlands Ranch News
OurColoradoNews.com has a wonderful profile of Charles Denler and his Portraits of Colorado recording. We’ll share some of the quotes here, but highly encourage you to read the full interview! “Denler’s “Portraits of Colorado” — inspired by the artwork of Jerry Malzhan — is written in 10 shorter movements, as opposed to the traditional three, to appeal to the iPod generation. It will debut with the Colorado Symphony May 31 at Denver’s Boettcher Concert Hall.…
Radio, Radio — Many Stations Are Spinning Bizet!
A look at some reason radio highlights of stations sharing our new San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Bizet release: Capital Public Radio Classical music host Kent Teeters talks variations and re-interpretations and includes the new Bizet release in his queue. Listen to the whole segment, or jump to the 10:00 mark for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra highlight below: 98.7 WFMT FM Lisa Flynn’s New Releases features the Bizet release as well! “This superb new orchestral…
KUHA FM Houston Reviews San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Bizet Recording
Houston’s 91.7 KUHA FM has a new review from their music librarian Chris Hathaway for our new Bizet recording featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. “Martin West continues to show his conductorial prowess, and proves that his orchestra is a first-rate ensemble, with this handsome all-Bizet disc. …Balance and pacing are the key to handling this symphony, and West does not fall short of these. The slow movement, full of balance problems — notably, the…
Colorado Features Portraits of Colorado in New Tourism Ad!
The Colorado Tourism department has a new international television advertisement. Have a look, and pay attention to the music; you might recognize it has Movement 8 — Moment at Dawn from our recently released Portraits of Colorado, An American Symphony No. 1 by composer Charles Denler! Charles Denler’s Portraits of Colorado An American Symphony No. 1 and Six Variations for violin and piano The Colorado Symphony and Chorus Scott O’Neil, conductor World Premiere Recording! “PORTRAITS…
Classical Candor Celebrates Bizet Release
John J. Puccio of Classical Candor calls our newest San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Bizet release a “delight” and a “special occasion”: “Thus, it is a delight to welcome this latest RR entry into the catalogue, the music of French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875), performed by Martin West and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. … [West] brings the light, delicate touch of the ballet conductor with him, always exercising a spring in his step, a lilt…