Stavreva champions composers from her native Bulgaria, plays a mean Chopin, and is unafraid to perform her own works of rumbling, percussive intensity.
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Music Review: Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk – ‘Eeg – Fonnesbæk’
There is a purity in their stripped down performance, an infectious emotional honesty; this is a duo that works.
Read More »Concert Review: Chiara String Quartet and Simone Dinnerstein – Piano Quintets: Brahms and Friedman (NYC Nov. 13)
Jefferson Friedman's sharply modernistic but accessible new 'The Heart Wakes Into' paired nicely with Brahms's Quintet in F minor at the Metropolitan Museum.
Read More »Concert Review: Saint Thomas Choir and Orchestra of St. Luke’s – Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ and Haydn’s ‘Missa in Angustiis’ (NYC Nov. 12 2015)
Mozart's unearthly achievement with his unfinished 'Requiem' was on glorious display.
Read More »Music Review: Quadriga Consort – ‘Winter’s Delights – Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles’
A festive collection of early Christmas music that will soothe, cheer, and promote good will.
Read More »Concert Review: New York Festival of Song – ‘From Russia to Riverside Drive: Rachmaninoff and Friends’ (NYC Nov. 10 2015)
The Russian composer's long and active residence in New York City makes any celebration here of his work seem exceedingly fitting. With Russian-American soprano Dina Kuznetsova, baritone Shea Owens, and theremin player Dalit Warshaw joining pianist/arranger Steven Blier and pianist Michael Barrett, the NYFOS's tribute was a stellar evening.
Read More »Music Review: Art ‘Turk’ Burton and Congo Square – ‘Spirits: Then & Now’
'Spirit: Then & Now' is an album filled with good listening.
Read More »Music Review: Bob Dylan – ‘The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12’
This series of previously unreleased material just keeps getting better, nearly a quarter-century into its existence.
Read More »Concert Review: Cappella Pratensis – ‘Josquin in Rome: Missa Ave maris stella’ (NYC, Nov. 8 2015)
We were in the presence of a brilliant musical mind with a timeless sensibility, brought to life by an ensemble of singers who are surely among our time's finest interpreters of Josquin and the other polyphonists of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Read More »Music Review: Kishi Bashi – ‘String Quartet Live’ – A Violin Virtuoso
Kishi Bashi is a phenomenal talent and 'String Quartet Live' is an amazing showcase for both his abilities as a violinist and vocalist.
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