Gerald Fenech has Martin West and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s new recording of Lowell Liebermann: Frankenstein in the Classical Music Daily Spotlight:
“Liebermann and [Liam] Scarlett have created a truly modern three-Act masterpiece that keeps you rooted to your seat. The choreography by Scarlett has come in for high praise, but the music is terrific, and it is this element that concerns us here. Indeed, Liebermann’s inspirational vein shines from beginning to end, and the emotional power of his music simply carries all before it. The story is punctuated by several episodes expressing anger, suffering, regret, wishfulness and, above all, love, but Liebermann’s gift of communicating such volatile human emotions is consistently alive. … Recorded live from the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, the performance has an electrifying aura about it, with Martin West ensuring that the balance between the dramatic and the lyrical is tightly kept. Despite the unsavoury story, this is music that takes you into a world of its own. Just try it.”
—Gerald Fenech, Classical Music Daily
See the full review on Classical Music Daily