…an imaginative exploration of fugues from around the world and across the centuries, this album is beaming with creative sonic adventures.. each with a message and a beauty of its own… Read the full review – The WholeNote Ivana Popovic The WholeNote...
This disc is not only a fine listen, but one to revisit again and again—if only to experience that sudden shift away from the baroque stylings in that last piece to the very Cartesian compositional approach including daringly dissonant sounds of contemporary music....
You can always count on Ensemble Vivant, led by pianist and artistic director Catherine Wilson, for music of the very highest quality. Here, nine musicians turn their ample talents to fugues by nine composers from eight countries, headlined by the form’s exemplar,...
Adele Armin with Ensemble VivantEnsemble Vivant live-in-concert in the mid-1990s at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts, Jane Mallett Theatre. L to R: Adele Armin, violin; Catherine Wilson, piano; Jack Mendelssohn, cello Adele Armin, violin; Catherine...
(George) Thank you very much for sending your beautiful new CD iFugue ~ A World of Fugues. Congratulations for the great sound and deep emotions that Ensemble Vivant communicates to the listener!! Vittorio Mezza composer, arranger, recording artist, Professor of...
