★★★★★
Violinist Hilary Hahn's ingenious and open-hearted commissioning program - tapping 27 living composers to write encores of less than five minutes - has given rise to one of the most enchanting new discs of the year. The pieces here come from a wondrously eclectic bunch of composers, including David Lang, Paul Moravec, Lera Auerbach, Nico Muhly, Jennifer Higdon and many more, and each of them has taken a different approach to the assignment...
- www.sfgate.com
2013-12-31
★★★★★
This album is a highly specialized release. Over the years, classical violinist Hilary Hahn has been commissioning composers to write encore pieces for her. Encore pieces, for those who don't attend many classical performances, are brief compositions that soloists may save for the end of the night to show off a particular musical skill...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-12-11
★★★★★
Classical Net on Facebook & TwitterAffiliates CD ReviewHigdon/TchaikovskyConcertos for Violin & OrchestraJennifer Higdon: Violin ConcertoPiotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35Hilary Hahn, violin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko Deutsche Grammophon 4778777 68:16 Summary for the Busy Executive: Terrific. People don't always recognize a masterpiece immediately...
- www.classical.net
2012-06-18
★★★★★
Summary for the Busy Executive: Milestone Schoenberg. Fine Sibelius. I'm currently reading a book which, among other things, tries to prove where Schoenberg went wrong. Like most discussions on this topic, it fails to rise above crankiness because it confuses music with system - ironically, the charge it levels against Schoenberg. It never occurs to such folks that it might be either a failure of performance or a lack in themselves...
- www.classical.net
2011-04-11
★★★★★
Shortly after the release of this CD, Jennifer Higdon and Hilary Hahn were featured on the PBS News Hour and were interviewed for fifty minutes on NPR radio by Tom Huizenga on his blog called Deceptive Cadence. Both can be found online. This recording was eagerly awaited. The Higdon Concerto, dedicated to Hilary Hahn, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize earlier this year and the sheer appeal of the music and the performances on this CD were major factors besides...
- www.classical.net
2010-12-06
★★★★★
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- www.classical.net
2009-06-06
★★★★★
Time -- the magazine for discerning audiophiles -- called violinist Hilary Hahn America's best young classical musician in 2001. Assuming that Time has taken the time to listen to the other contenders for that title and given that it has not been unduly influenced by the publicity machine from Sony Music Classics, it's a good guess that this judgment was based at least in part on Hahn's 2001 recording of Brahms' and Stravinsky's violin concertos with Neville Marriner directing the Academy of St...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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