Christie Grimstad reviews José Serebrier’s Last Tango Before Sunrise recording for ConcertoNet:
“Driven forward with striking acuity in any sort of music he’s conducted, his excellence never fails… Serebrier’s Symphony for Percussion acts like a case study, showing the importance of percussion… It’s best to close the eyes, sit back and soak in the widely wizard remarks. … Pocketed throughout by Stravinsky-esque discords, the Piano Sonata is not without its lighter, genteel lines. … The rollicking “Moto Perpetuo: Presto” puzzles and pleases simultaneously, a conversation which Nadia Shpachenko molds with firework frivolity. Much of Serebrier’s Latin roots surface when turning to Danza and the wildly unpredictable flutters and unanswered completions of musical thought…freshly inventive. Candombe is super-inventive, electrified by kicks of crescendo intensity…there’s nothing like it. … Last Tango Before Sunrise, with its dramatic vistas of indirect reflections upon tango…even a bit Elgarian in nature, the canción is an hommage with a fabulous three note bass pizzicato closing.”
—Christie Grimstad, ConcertoNet