The April/May issue of American Record Guide features a wonderful new review for Joel Fan and the Northwest Sinfonietta’s Dances for Piano and Orchestra recording:
“Very enjoyable! A program of short showpieces for piano and orchestra, some well known and some not so well known, like the works by Ricardo Castro Herrera and Charles Wakefield Cadman. It sure beats another disc of standard romantic concertos, though it is every bit as exciting as the best of them. Mr Fan brings high-voltage virtuosity and thoughtful nuance to his playing, depending on what the music calls for. The Northwest Sinfonietta is not large in numbers but more than up to the challenges of some unfamiliar music.…” —Lawrence Hansen, American Record Guide