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CD Review- BBC Music Magazine on Elgar/Fraser Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures

CD Review- BBC Music Magazine on Elgar/Fraser Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures

by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2016 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews

A review from critic Stephen Johnson in the July 2016 issue of BBC Music Magazine for the new Avie Records recording of Elgar’s Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures as orchestrated by Donald Fraser. Elgar- Piano Quintet, Sea Pictures. Orchestrated by Donald Fraser....
CD Review: Five Stars from International Piano for ESO/KW Krenek Piano Concertos

CD Review: Five Stars from International Piano for ESO/KW Krenek Piano Concertos

by Kenneth Woods | May 26, 2016 | News and Reviews

A fantastic new 5-star review for the new recording of the Krenek Piano Concertos no.’s 1-3 with pianist Mikhail Korzhev on Toccata Classics/Toccata Press from International Piano Magazine critic Guy Rickards. Benjamin Michael Haas was producing, Ben Connellan was the...
Kenneth Woods’ Debut at Colorado MahlerFest XXIX

Kenneth Woods’ Debut at Colorado MahlerFest XXIX

by Kenneth Woods | May 26, 2016 | News and Reviews

MahlerFest musicians come through for new director Kenneth Woods Review from Boulder Daily Camera critic Kelly Dean Hansen. Read the whole thing here “…Woods showed why he is revered as a Mahler interpreter.”   “For Colorado MahlerFest,...
ESO’s Krenek CD a Sunday Times “Essential New Release”

ESO’s Krenek CD a Sunday Times “Essential New Release”

by Kenneth Woods | Mar 17, 2016 | News and Reviews

…a witty and mercurial masterpiece. Electric performances all” Published 13 March, 2016 Order here: ERNST KRENEK: COMPLETE PIANO CONCERTOS, VOLUME ONE £9.00...

ESO Performance of Elgar/Fraser War Symphony a Classical Music Magazine Premiere of the Year

by Kenneth Woods | Dec 10, 2015 | News and Reviews

From the December-February issue of Classical Music Magazine, Christopher Morley picks the ESO’s performance of Donald Fraser’s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet as his Premiere of the Year. Congrats to all the wonderful composers and ensembles mentioned in...

CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Franck, Falla and Turina Concertante works for Piano with KW, Valerie Tryon and the Royal Philharmonic

by Kenneth Woods | Mar 12, 2015 | News and Reviews

Critic Bryce Morrison writes in the Gramophone:  Throughout her long and distinguished, if insufficiently acknowledged career, Valerie Tryon has remained true to her own lights. Virtuoso teasers such as Balakirev’sIslamey and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit fell...
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