Category Archives: CD Review

Recording Roundup 2 by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Torben Waldorf. WAH-WAH. ArtistShare. 2012. Torben Waldorf, Gary Versace, Matt Clohesy, Jon Wikan. Danish guitarist Torben Waldorf is making a virtue of necessity in his fourth album for ArtistShare: he’s taken the saxophone out of the sonic picture and is … Continue reading →

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Recording Roundup 1 by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Myriad 3. TELL. Alma records, 2012. Personnel: Chris Donnelly, Dan Fortin, Ernesto Cervino). Threw this CD on the car stereo without looking at the personnel. First track gives the bass lots of space, transected by drums, but, say, that guy … Continue reading →

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Mendelssohn Choir’s Carmina Burana Rocks Koerner Hall review by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

November 14, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. The raw power of Karl Orff’s popular masterpiece, Carmina Burana, made me ecstatic the first time I heard it on record quite a few years ago. Last night’s performance at Koerner Hall by the … Continue reading →

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Shlomo Mintz and Ontario Philharmonic Thrill Koerner Hall reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

November 11, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. Ontario Philharmonic, under the baton of Marco Parisotto, made the opening bars of  Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto roll a thunder of timpani through Koerner hall. In the suspended hush that followed, virtuoso violinist Shlomo Mintz … Continue reading →

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Adam Sherkin’s “Plastic Dawn” at St. Lawrence Centre reveiwed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

November 1, 2012. Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto. Pianist-composer Adam Sherkin put together a challenging program for the opening recital of his Toronto season: four compositions by established composers in transition, and one of his own recent works, German Promises (2011).  … Continue reading →

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Mooredale Concerts Present the New Orford String Quartet: review by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

October 28, 2012. Walter Hall, Toronto. The New Orford String Quartet goes boldly. They chose a program of three works that open by disturbing the peace. Haydn’s Quartet in D Major, Op. 20. No. 4 (1772) with Andrew Wan in … Continue reading →

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Barbra Lica debut CD—THAT’S WHAT I DO—reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Barbra Lica has a classy kewpie-doll voice like jazz-singers Blossom Dearie and Stacey Kent. Touches of class are all over her debut CD That’s What I Do, starting with the jazz all-stars of her band: Archie Alleyne on drums or … Continue reading →

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Duke Ellington Legacy CD Single Petal of a Rose reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Duke Ellington Legacy. Single Petal of a Rose. Renma Recordings, 2012. Pianist Joe Sealy tells the story that when uncle Edward (Duke) Ellington made his annual visit to Africville (Halifax, N.S.) he’d show the family how to do just about anything … Continue reading →

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