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Jahr: 2010
Released in: Classics Today

Album für die Jugend (Album for the Youth)


Jahr: 2010
Released in: Audiophile Audition

This is an excellent collection of works for classical saxophone and symphony orchestra, superbly performed and recorded with state of the art hi-res surround. Mario Marzi teaches saxophone at the Verdi Conservatory in Milan and is one of the world’s leading classical saxophone virtuosos. The Glazunov sax concerto opening the program was only composed in 1934 and has been much recorded, but this is one its best performances and the remainder of the program is well-chosen and played.
The Art of Saxophone


Jahr: 2010
Released in: MusicWeb International

[Ewa Podleś] has a powerful voice and she uses it to good effect here (…). (…) her voice has much more power, especially at the bottom of its range, than a counter-tenor. (…) I'm full of admiration for Peter Maag's direction (…). Finally, I must draw to your attention to another Arts recording of an Orfeo opera, that which Bertoni composed to the same text as Gluck (ARTS 47118-2). I recommended the recording of this opera by I Solisti Veneti and Claudio Scimone in my September 2009 Download Roundup. It makes a fascinating comparison with the Gluck and it comes at mid-price. (Brian Wilson)
Orfeo ed Euridice


30.03.2010
Released in: Pizzicato

"Mit ihrer weitgestreckten, wunderbar warmen und voll tönenden Altstimme ist die Polin Ewa Podles eine ideale Besetzung, nicht zuletzt weil sie auch darstellerisch exzellent ist undmit ihren vielfältigen expressiven Möglichkeiten den Orfeo ganz hervorragend porträtiert. (...) Ewa Podles (...) eine Sängerin die zur Weltspitze gehört"
Die Entführung aus dem Serail


23.03.2010
Released in: www.musicweb-international.com

"The Italian band, always alluring, bring a ray of Mediterranean sunshine to the proceedings as well. But it’s the soloist who takes the palm, with superb articulation and purity of tone. Whether it’s leaps or trills, high or low, Marzi sails through this music with ease. It’s very impressive, both as a performance and as a recording."

"Performance, sound and presentation all speak of high production values. A feast for all sax fans. "

The Art of Saxophone


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