Joel Fan’s latest recording, Dances for Piano and Orchestra, gets pre-release praise from Fanfare Magazine’s Peter Burwasser:
“…what a brilliant presentation we have here: Music that cannot help but delight, delivered with the utmost elegance by soloist and orchestra alike… Anyone familiar with Joel Fan’s previous Reference Recordings outings will expect to hear an ease of execution and an especially crisp and lucid sense for texture. That he delivers. What is remarkable about this collection is the restraint and tastefulness he brings to music that, under the wrong hands, could come off as bombastic. This is my first encounter with Cristophe Chagnard and the Northwest Sinfonietta, but they are fully equal to Fan’s aplomb, rendering this collection with a true sense of joy. … Go ahead and treat yourself.” —Fanfare Magazine