Gramophone: Editor’s Choice recordings – April 2015
March 24, 2015 No 4 Beethoven Complete Works for Cello and Piano Matt Haimovitz vc Christopher O’Riley fp (Pentatone) ‘Haimovitz and O’Riley impress in both the lyrical moments and […]
Category Archives: Album Review
The New York Times: Classical Playlist: Matt Haimovitz, Avalon String Quartet and Eighth Blackbird
September 2, 2015 “Orbit”: Music for Solo Cello (1945-2014) Matt Haimovitz, cello (Pentatone) In this fascinating three-disc survey of music for solo cello written since the end of World War […]
The Whole Note: ORBIT Review
September 1, 2015 In Brief: Over the long summer there was of course a plethora of other offerings that held my attention. Orbit – Music for Solo Cello (Pentatone PTC […]
Rhapsody: MATT HAIMOVITZ’S ADVENTUROUS CELLO
August 21, 2015 It’s easy (too easy) to think of any classical artist who is covering a pop song as a musician who is engaged in a little bit of […]
Second Inversion: ALBUM REVIEW: ORBIT: Music for Solo Cello (1945-2014)
Over the course of three discs, Haimovitz takes the listener on a musical odyssey through time and space, from minimalism to maximalism, tonal to atonal, folk to avant-garde, abstract to narrative, and everything in between.
AllMusic: Review of ORBIT: Music for Solo Cello (1945-2014)
August 14, 2015 AllMusic Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars On this 2015 compilation of contemporary solo cello music, Matt Haimovitz presents a diverse program of past performances, drawn from his […]
Thought Catalog: Music For Writers: Matt Haimovitz’s Cello Solos Go Into ‘Orbit’
August 13, 2015 Four Hours: ‘A Small Part Of The Repertoire’ You could do worse than play a 1710 cello made by the Venetian luthier Matteo Goffriller, but what Matt […]
Q2 Music: Matt Haimovitz Channels Vast Dynamic Range in 4-Hour Retrospective, ‘Orbit’
August 10, 2015 A Q2 Music Album of the Week Selection. “Matt Haimovitz – Orbit: Music for Solo Cello (1945-2014)” (Pentatone Music) Living Music. Living Composers.More I’ve got a cranium […]
WQXR Q2 Music: Matt Haimovitz Channels Vast Dynamic Range in 4-Hour Retrospective, 'Orbit'
August 10, 2015 I’ve got a cranium full of Matt Haimovitz at the moment, and have not yet reached capacity. Clocking in at 3.75 hours, the cello soloist’s latest release, […]
Volkskrant: Haimovitz is het soort muzikant dat elk stuk spannend maakt
August 5, 2015 4/5 stars “a mighty triple CD with contemporary music for solo cello, is actually more of a quest…Orbit is named for the late and remarkably successful […]
Audiophile Audition: BEETHOVEN, Period. Review
Sensitive, even soulful, playing by Haimovitz and crisp articulation of the piano part on a mellifluous Broadwood of Beethoven’s day.
Montreal Gazette: BEETHOVEN, Period. Review
“one of the best recordings of the year” … “full of subtle beauties” … “full feeling and remarkable intelligence.”
Le Devoir: Beethoven. Les sonates et variations pour violoncelle et piano, Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O’Riley
March 20, 2015 Classique Beethoven Les Sonates et Variations pour violoncelle et piano. Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O’Riley. Pentatone SACD PTC 5186 475. Professeur à l’école de musique Schulich de l’Université […]
Gramophone: BEETHOVEN Complete Cello Sonatas and Variations
Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley play the living daylights out of these works. They lap up Beethoven’s combative style like hungry lions anticipating raw steak, relishing the composer’s frequentsubito dynamics, unpredictable placement of accents and over-the-bar-line phrase groupings
AllMusic: Beethoven, Period. REVIEW
4.5/5 Stars Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley released their first album together in 2011, an eclectic program of clever crossover arrangements titled Shuffle.Play.Listen. Haimovitz is well-known for bringing […]
Rhapsody: TOP 10 CLASSICAL ALBUMS, MARCH 2015
March 1, 2015 Though works by core-repertoire composers like Beethoven and Brahms figure in this month’s survey of the best new classical releases, the majority of our attached mix is […]
Oxingale Records 