Arlene Sierra, Volume 1 has received widespread critical acclaim in the international press. More about this first disc from the new Bridge Records Arlene Sierra series here
Latest News:
Seattle Symphony commission to be premiered in October 2012
Lontano commission for ensemble and film wins major funding support from the Performing Right Society Foundation Women Make Music program
Bridge Records’ second series disc Arlene Sierra, Vol. 2 receives a substantial grant from the New Music USA CAP Recording program
Arlene Sierra is named Classical Recording Foundation Composer of the Year
Latest interview from the Nov/Dec 2011 Issue of Fanfare Magazine
Sierra’s opera-in-progress Faustine selected for the 2011/12 Center for Contemporary Opera Development Series, and featured at the Opera America New Works Forum
WQXR: Q2 Album of the Week - A Stunning Menagerie from Arlene Sierra
Rave reviews for Arlene Sierra, Vol. 1 from the Guardian, NPR, New Music Box, Fanfare, and Musical Pointers:
“...her work has its own character, in which historical and contemporary influences are fused into a highly flexible and distinctive style... packed with crisp, vivid detail that's not at all hand-me-down. Sierra likes bold, highly coloured gestures.”
“...an intriguing new album of pieces by the American-born, UK-based composer Arlene Sierra, for whom Bridge Records has just begun a multi-volume series. ... [It] possesses a remarkable brilliance of color, rhythmic dexterity and playfulness.”
“Regardless of which listening approach you decide to take with these works— the view of the forest or of the trees... the music reveals complexity and insight that will make you want to press play again and open your ears even wider for the next listen.”
“There can be no doubt that Sierra has an uncanny ability to realize and build her musical ideas toward shattering conclusions, oftentimes literally so. But be forewarned: this is definitely not music for the fainthearted. …[She] is fascinated with the martial arts and writes music that is as intense as it is complex. Sierra’s setting of Neruda’s allegorical poetry is truly masterly.”
“...This is all music of distinct originality and personality, played and recorded to highest standards. The ensemble music is complex but always clear, and one feels that every note is placed with intention. A strong recommendation, a disc which I will return to enjoy again.”
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