Opera Review: "The Rosenbergs" " A Morally Complicated Tale, Well Told
The Rosenbergs is small in scope but large in ambition; it is an accomplished and moving opera that demands attention.
The Rosenbergs is small in scope but large in ambition; it is an accomplished and moving opera that demands attention.
Singer Fred Farell brings an introspective sensibility to this album and has gathered a group of songs that are appropriate for his introverted and quietly aspirational lyrics.
Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording " one worthy of serious attention.
Jazz singer Mark Murphy was just too much for most audiences during that period; too intense, too varied, too unpredictable.
The communication among the group members is at a high level and the playing is flawless.
Bob Brookmeyer's great contribution was to make it seem as though anything is possible -- and permissible --in the big band context.
The music on Accent's album is lovely and the singers render the arrangements with skill and commitment.
Singer Sara Serpa refracts, bends, suspends, and shifts the sounds and syllables, creating a kind of linguistic limbo.
There was an easy depth to the music, if such is possible, as if the musicians were digging in hard, but with the relaxed assurance that comes of a shared vision.
I've never run across music like this and never had even a platonic notion of what such a hybrid would sound like.