Uncovered, Volume 3 earned a Grammy nomination today in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category! Performed by the Catalyst Quartet, the album features works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and George Walker. It was produced and engineered by Alan Bise at the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City. Listen here!
On September 8, 2023, Aaron P. Dworkin – one of the most impactful leaders of color in the arts industry – releases his debut spoken world album, The Poetjournalist, on Azica Records. A celebrated arts activist and political advisor, 2005 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow, and founder of the Sphinx Organization, the leading arts organization transforming lives through the…
The Telegraph Quartet’s newest album, Divergent Paths, was praised in the August 31 New York Times article, “5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now.” “Emphasizing the historical point, however, should not obscure the straightforward musical values of “Divergent Paths.” The world may not be in compelling need of another recording of the…
August 25 is release day! Azica releases Divergent Paths: Schoenberg and Ravel, performed by the Telegraph Quartet, in residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Recorded at St. Stephen’s Church in Belvedere, California, Divergent Paths is the first in a series of recordings titled 20th Century Vantage Points. Divergent Paths is set for worldwide release,…
January 15, 2023: “Bach, Vol. 2” (Jason Vieaux) receives rave review in Classical Candor: Vieaux draws us deeply into the music. Bach was a true master of communicating so much depth of feeling through such seemingly simple means, while Vieaux is a true master of his chosen instrument of expression, the classical guitar. His playing…
January 1st, 2023: “The Young Chopin” (Eric Zuber) reviewed by Gramophone Magazine “His bravura approach is never garish nor manipulative, with careful voicings and subtle gradations of color.” Read Full Article Album: The Young Chopin
October 24, 2002: Moonstrike (Apollo Chamber Players) receives rave review Textura! Apollo Chamber Players’ sixth album is a smartly curated affair featuring three works from its 20×2020 project, which the quartet—violinists Matthew J. Detrick and Anabel Ramirez Detrick, violist Whitney Bullock, and cellist Matthew Dudzik—originated in 2014 with the goal of commissioning twenty new pieces…
September 26, 2022: Azica records Richard Lin, 2018 Gold Medalist at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, with Thomas Hoppe, piano. This recording is made as part of the winner’s package in an agreement between IVCI and Azica Records. It had been delayed more than once due to Covid-19, but look for an exciting release…
