August 10, 2013 When it comes to presenting top-notch concerts and sellout shows, the Arden Theatre in St. Albert is the venue to head to this autumn.
July 22, 2013 Christopher O’Riley performs an illustrious series of Liszt transcriptions—each brilliant, audacious, and sensuous in its own way, a dazzling tribute to the transcriber and architect of keyboard […]
June 23, 2013 The Hours Begin to Sing: More Songs by American Composers = JAKE HEGGIE: From the Book of Nightmares; DAVID GARNER: Vilna Poems; JOHN CORIGLIANO: Three Irish Folksong […]
June 20 2013 Cellist Matt Haimovitz rode the twentieth century into the staid precincts of Music Mountain’s music barn Sunday, introducing four pieces that had never before been played there […]
June 19, 2013 Performed by Matt Haimovitz-Dennis Russell Davies and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Like a lot of people, I first became aware of Philip Glass’ music through his soundtrack […]
June 4, 2013 Philip Glass. Cello Concerto No.2 “Naqoyqatsi”. Matt Haimowitz–Denis Russell Davies. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Orange Mountain Music. Philip Glass makes music that mostly sounds like Philip Glass. His […]
June 3, 2010 The music for Philip Glass’ second concerto for cello and orchestra is cobbled from a 2001 film score, Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. Glass seems to have particular […]
June 3, 2013 The theme this year at the acclaimed summer chamber music venue, Music Mountain in Falls Village, is “Seldom Played Works by Celebrated Composers,” and while that will […]
June 2, 2013 Christopher O’Riley is one of classical music’s most visible populists,
May 30, 2013 NEW LEBANON, N.Y. — There are two ways of looking at cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley’s passion for playing O’Riley’s arrangements of pop. On the […]
May 26, 2013 New Lebanon It seemed like such a natural collaboration last year when pianist Christopher O’Riley and cellist Matt Haimovitz collaborated on a recording, “Suffle.Play.Listen,” that one wondered […]
May 25, 2013 Virtuoso pianist Christopher O’Riley has just released “O’Riley’s Liszt,” his latest recording inspired by Franz Liszt, the 19th-century keyboard genius with whom he has been compared both […]
May 23, 2013 NEW LEBANON, N.Y. — If an audience prefers a strictly classical program to their standard mix of classical and pop, it’s fine with cellist Matt Haimovitz and […]
May 17, 2013 Christopher O’Riley (Wendy Lynch photo) Pianist Christopher O’Riley, on a brief nationwide tour to promote his new 2-disc album (and Blu-ray/DVD) of iconic piano transcriptions by Franz […]
May 6, 2013 Matt Haimovitz & Cincinnati Symphony Philip Glass, Cello Concerto No. 2 (Orange Mountain) 3.5/4 stars
May 5, 2013 Liszt, O’Riley’s Liszt performed by pianist Christopher O’Riley (Oxingale, two discs). In one sense, this is a glorious – indeed, somewhat hilarious – anachronism
Oxingale Records 