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CD Review- Verbunkos on Complete String Trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa
It is hard to think of composers of perhaps insufficiently recognized importance in the chamber music canon such as Hans Gál and Hans Krása. And there could hardly be a more serendipitous alliance than for them to be performed by ...
Concert Review- ConcertoNet reviews Epomeo at Tenri
"the wonderful trio of the evening, Ensemble Epomeo...from this entrancing group, the most dexterous execution..."
CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
"Ensemble Epomeo provide ravishing accounts of both Gal works, fully in sympathy with the idiom... A splendid disc I cannot get enough of."
CD Review- RECORDING OF THE MONTH: MusicWeb International, Steve Arloff on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
The disc leaves you feeling profoundly moved as well as drained and I can hardly imagine how it must feel to play such music. This is an extremely important musical document on all counts as it introduces us to two ...
Scotia Festival 2013 in review- Ensemble Epomeo Recital
Ensemble Epomeo is a first-rate trio with such mastery of both the familiar and the new (to us at least) to give us confidence in the music and to seed a desire to hear more of it, more of composers ...CD Review- Joshua Kosman/SF Chronicle on Gal/Krasa Complete Trios
brilliant revelation, a savage takedown of artistic ideals in which order and luxuriance devolve into chaos. It's a compact, unforgettable masterpiece, and the Ensemble Epomeo - which includes Woods along with violinist Caroline Chin and violist David Yang - ...CD Review- Irish Times on Gal/Krasa Complete Trios
"The performances by members of Ensemble Epomeo are highly persuasive."CD Review- Colin Anderson, The Classical Source on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
Vividly recorded, the three instrumentalists of Ensemble Epomeo ...play superbly individually and as a team and with obvious commitment; clearly Kenneth Woods’s burgeoning conducting career is not to the detriment of his artistry on the cello. Woods has also written ...
Classical Music Magazine Feature on Ensemble Epomeo
Recordings editor Phil Sommerich interviews the members of Ensemble Epomeo on their new recording of the trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa in the current issue of Classical Music Magazine (October 20, 2012). On sale now! Buy a copy ...CD Review- International Record Review, Calum MacDonald on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
The Passacaglia and Fugue was in fact the last music he completed, and if I think I place this new recording slightly above the Nimbus rival it must be for the treatment of the Passacaglia, much more the substantial of ...CD Review: MusicWeb International on Gal/Krasa String Trios
"Sound quality is very good. In their debut recording, Ensemble Epomeo (named after an Ischian mountain) are thoroughly convincing from beginning to end. Their sense of ensemble is democratic, their attention to the score attentive and respectful, and their tone ...CD Review- Classical CD Reviews, Gavin Dixon on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
Ensemble Epomeo does both composers a great service with their precise, lively and stylistically astute performances. The clarity in all the textures allows both men’s contrapuntal innovations to shine through. There is atmosphere here too (helped by the warm recorded ...CD Review- Fanfare Magazine, Jerry Dubbins of Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
It’s always difficult to judge an ensemble in unfamiliar repertoire, but I think I can say that the Epomeo’s musicians are more than up to the technical task of their business and that they sound intensely engaged in the emotional ...CD Review- Martin Anderson, Klassik Magazine, on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
There’s a rough-edged vitality here that reveals that the Janáček tradition, in normal circumstances, would have had lots of life in it yet. Beautiful performances from the Ensemble Epomeo.
CD Review- American Record Guide on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
"Ensemble Epomeo play with finesse and sensitivity, nicely capturing Krasa's manic grotesqueries as well as Gal's elegance and tenderness."CD Review- Tempo Magazine on Gal and Krasa- Complete String Trios
All four items are played with palpable commitment and inspiriting vigour by Ensemble Epomeo and they are faithfully recorded in a warm and vibrant acoustic. This disc helpfully presents fine examples of Gál’s craft nearly four decades apart and the ...CD Review Pizzicato Magazine on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios
The charm of the composition is the conversation between the three instruments of Chin, Yang and Woods, and receives a stimulating and inspiring performance. The recordings are another compelling example of the campaign Kenneth Woods leads for the music ...
Our debut CD for Avie Records, featuring the complete string trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa has been released internationally.
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