Currier: On The Verge KIC-CD-77691:
“Among the many impressive discs of contemporary American chamber music currently available, this one stands out. Exciting and committed music-making. It would be hard to imagine a better performance than this one. Performances are first-class.”
Fanfare
“A new Koch disc of [Currier’s] chamber music—including the award-winning composition, Static—is like an open-throttle tour through a voracious, ironic, zany and profound musical mind capable of terrifying, turn-on-a-dime revelations. These pieces make for exciting listening…the players of Music from Copland House prove ideal interpreters, careering with fastidious abandon among Currier’s many moods—never falling into chaos, but always, appropriately, on the verge.”
Time Out New York
“The Bottom Line: Sebastain Currier’s On the Verge is an intellectual feast of modern music”
About.com
The Chamber Music of John Musto:KIC-CD-7690
RISE UP TO JOHN MUSTO’S MUSIC OF URBAN ENERGY AND RHYTHMIC VITALITY“
(Musto’s) Chamber Music on this disc wraps arms around many musical styles, even as it delivers on its own appealing, colorful and moving terms. The players who make up Music from Copland House sounds like they relish every phrase. Everyone seems completely immersed in this captivating and penetrating activity, as likely will music lovers smart enough to add this disc to their collection.”
Gramophone
“solid, attractive, well-argued, and sure-footed”
Sequenza21.com
“Musto loves jazzy phrases and a “big city” kind of New York cosmopolitan idiom. He could hardly wish for a better advocate in the crack players in Music From Copland House.”
AllMusicGuide.com
MUSIC FROM COPLAND HOUSE TRIUMPHS
“One has to marvel at the extraordinary artistic quality of these fine musicians, for the playing was absolutely fabulous. The Sextet was a work that grabbed you by the throat and commanded your attention. It was full of energy, spiky accents, jazzy clarinet playing, and rhythmic vitality.”
Peninsula Reviews
“In short, this is a thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying programme, expertly played by the members of Music from Copland House.”
PERFORMANCE 5
SOUND 5
BBC Music Magazine