ClassicalTV.com: Outcats
January 18, 2012 ALL MUSIC CREATES communities of fans, and those fans who gather together create subcultures, each with their own aesthetic style, language and social codes. There has been […]
Category Archives: Album Review
New York Times: Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley Team Up
January 13, 2012 IF any artists were destined to collaborate, it was surely this pair. Matt Haimovitz, a thoughtful and passionate cellist, veered away from the straight-and-narrow career path of […]
Acoustic Music: FAME Review: Matt Haimovitz / Christopher O’Riley – Shuffle.Play.Listen
January 02, 2012 When was the last time you picked up a CD two-fer that gathered Herrmann, Janacek, and Stravinsky along with Radiohead, the Cocteau Twins, and John McLaughlin? Never, […]
The Big City Blog: 2011 Year’s Best Classical
December 31, 2011 No. 1 Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley, Shuffle.Play.Listen/Todd Reynolds, Outerborough: Tied because they are so closely related and so very fine. There are musical and stylistic differences, […]
San Jose Mercury News: Best classical albums of 2011
December 28, 2011 Old and brand new music here, with something of a Left Coast emphasis and a profusion of independent labels — some of my favorite classical CDs from […]
WFIU: The title does invite ‘shuffle’ play, but the creators think they’ve dealt a well sorted hand
December 26, 2011
Audiophile Audition: **** ‘SHUFFLE. PLAY. LISTEN’ – Oxingale Records OX2019, 132:54 (two discs)
December 22, 2011 This is, hands down, the most unusual solo cello program I have ever heard. There are plenty of
Lucid Culture: Christopher O’Riley and Matt Haimovitz Connect the Unexpected
December 16, 2011 If you listen to NPR or watch PBS, this is old news, so here’s to all of you who’ve made the switch from the small screen to […]
Rhapsody: Top 25 Classical Albums of 2011 – #14 Shuffle.Play.Listen
December 15, 2011 If you couldn’t tell by the title, here cellist Matt Haimovitz obsessively contemplates the future of classical music. This recording is for those who “mix Wagner […]
Do the Math: Precipice
December 13, 2011 I admit that Christopher O’Riley is a good friend of mine. But even if he was a stranger, I’d be knocked out by his collaboration with Matt […]
Albany Times Union: The crossover appeal of ‘Shuffle-Play-Listen
December 02, 2011 More new classical crossover comes from pianist Christopher O’Riley and cellist Matt Haimovitz with the collection “Shuffle-Play-Listen.” They’re new in working together as a duo, but […]
New Jersey Star Ledger: A wintry wonder – Shuffle.Play.Listen
December 02, 2011 In playing songs by Radiohead and Arcade Fire alongside arrangements of pieces by classical composers, Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley aren’t just making an eclectic recording of […]
Albany Times Union: New CDs from Yo-Yo Ma and Christopher O’Riley/Matt Haimovitz
November 26, 2011 One of the best selling classical album right now isn’t actually so classical.
All things Strings: ‘Shuffle. Play. Listen.’ Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley blend pop and classical covers
November 17, 2011 Shuffle.Play.Listen. is by far one of the most eclectic and interesting audiophonic adventures that I’ve had the pleasure of embarking upon of late. Celebrated cellist Matt Haimovitz, […]
Montreal Mirror: Music Review
November 17, 2011 The cellist and pianist play Bernard Hermann (Vertigo), Stravinsky, Janacek, Martinu and Piazzolla, as well as Arcade Fire, Blonde Redhead, Cocteau Twins, A Perfect Circle, Radiohead (which […]
New Music Box: Sounds Heard: Christopher O’Riley/Matt Haimovitz—Shuffle.Play.Listen
November 08, 2011 It’s not such a crazy idea anymore for performing musicians to mix arrangements of pop and rock songs with classical fare in a concert setting—after all, one […]
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