10/10
“Soldier has had much success in a variety of genres, and his work here is preserved in its iconoclastic vision and flows across many atypical sounds and textures that are entirely his own and are nothing short of symphonic brilliance.”
★★★★★
“Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar's MotherLoad brings together a stunning collection of contemporary lullaby-inspired works” … “Wonderfully hypnotic” and “compellingly moving”
“Curtis Stewart is something of a 21st-century Nicolò Paganini: virtuoso violinist and composer, and now creator of a collection inspired by his 19th-century Italian predecessor.”
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“Curtis Stewart transforms two dozen American songs into inventive, virtuosic studies for solo violin.”
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“Dust and the Moon is the debut album by a remarkable act called Rite of Strings.”
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"Dave Soldier’s Vipers at the Onyx is an orchestral portrait of a composer whose career has consistently ignored stylistic boundaries."
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“What Belongs to You transforms Greenwell's painful intimacy into a musical drama where word, memory and timbre reveal the fragility of human bonds.”
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"Tender and confronting, it roughs you up while giving you a lesson in music-theatre. Not bad for an opera with a cast of one."
“Each and everyone of them is a seasoned and top notch instrumentalist.”
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“The result is a deeply collaborative recording that moves effortlessly between lyrical intimacy, cinematic atmosphere, rhythmic vitality, and spontaneous musical conversation — music that feels both ancient and contemporary, rooted in tradition while speaking with a distinctly modern voice.”
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“24 American Caprices finds Curtis Stewart standing tall.”
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[Melemed] makes a striking debut CD with a program that pairs canonical piano works with contemporary responses to them.
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There are moments when music transcends geography. It ceases to belong to a single tradition, a single culture, or even a single genre. Instead, it becomes a conversation, one spoken through shared experience, mutual respect, and the timeless language of melody. That is precisely where Dust and the Moon, the debut album from Rite of Strings, begins.
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The music is stylistically very diverse, ranging from fluid and melodic to comically offbeat, and its atmosphere perfectly matches the moods of the individual scenes.
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“‘What Belongs to You’ continues to reach new audiences through both its music and its striking visual storytelling.”
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"Highly engaging. The recording... showcases the exceptional performance of Karim Sulayman, remarkably committed to his role: untroubled by the demands of the length or the score, his voice soars into the high notes with ease and sweetness"
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I’ve listened to Lili Elbe a few times since I was first given the opportunity a few weeks ago. That it lingers in my heart and mind so strongly and that I keep wanting to listen to it makes it this week’s Top Pick.
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Tobias Picker’s Lili Elbe rated 4 stars on BBC Music Magazine
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“The trio elevates one another, creating a track that feels vibrant, thoughtful, and emotionally sincere while celebrating individuality through fearless collaboration.”
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