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Reviews (6)
MusicWeb international
2021 June
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Stephen Greenbank
2021 June
"Recording of the month: This newly released disc from Chandos features two female American composers who had much in common. Both had their talents nurtured by their mothers and went on to become gifted pianists and composers ... The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective offer compelling performances. They've been marvelously captured and balanced by the Chandos recording engineers. The recording is a delight from beginning to end and it gets my warmest recommendation".
Presto classical
d. 28. May 2021
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Katherine Cooper
d. 28. May 2021
"Recording of the week: If Ohlsson and the Takács emphasised [the Beach's] lush Romanticism, this new recording highlights its latent modernity, with an attractively lean, spare string sound matched by Poster's luminous approach from the keyboard ... The major attraction on the album, though, is the world premiere recording of Florence Price's Piano Quintet in A minor, which was discovered only twelve years ago ... In between the two quintets, Samuel Barber's Dover Beach acts as a sombre palate-cleanser, with bass Matthew Rose delivering Arnold's text with immaculate clarity and a brooding intensity that's matched by the strings. But it's Beach and Price who steal the show: do investigate".
MusicWeb international
2021 July
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Stuart Sillitoe
2021 July
"Recommended: It seems that during the lockdown, Chandos have turned their attention, in part, to recording chamber music, with some terrific results. This present disc is just the latest in a string of magnificent recordings ... The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective plays excellently throughout. They offer a cooler, more agile approach to Beach's music. while their performance of the Barber, where they are joined by Matthew Rose, gives a strong and impassioned alternative to the usual baritone recordings. However, it is the Florence Price, which is the standout work; its strongly rhythmic music is highly attractive and the performance alone makes this disc worthy of recommendation".
Fono Forum
2021 Oktober
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Marcus Stäbler
2021 Oktober
"Unter dem Titel "American Quintets" präsentiert das 2017 gegründete Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective ein spannendes Debütalbum mit den Klavierquintetten von Amy Beach und Florence Price als Hauptwerken. Beide Stücke sind viel zu wenig bekannt. Dass sie längst ein selbstverständlicher Teil des Repertoires sein sollten, demonstriert die Aufnahme Eindrucksvoll, die dem Spätromantischen Ton der Musik mit lebendigen Interpretationen nachspürt".
BBC music magazine
2021 August
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Geoff Brown (musikanmelder)
2021 August
"Judging by their passionate performances, this British team clearly feel utterly at home in this repertoire ... The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price's structurally lopsided but endearing A minor Quintet ... And the icing on the cake? The Collective's vigour and warmth".
The gramophone
2021 July
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Amy Blier-Carruthers
2021 July
"Editor's choice: If the aim of a debut is to captivate, showcase talent, lend insight into a curatorial perspective and leave the listener curious about future potential, then the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective's first album certainly delivers. How refreshing - and timely - to highlight the work of women composers experiencing a renaissance ... I'd be delighted to listen to more Beach and Price performed with this courage, erudition and aplomb, and keenly anticipate the Collective's next offering".