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"There is even something light and mercurial, very Schumannian, about her, that surprises on each page and that gives a profoundly poetic character to her aesthetic." |
| | Jean-Pierre Armengaud |
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| Rain: |
"..un brano che sfrutta impressionisticamente e con un delicato colorismo il suono trafittivo della Pipa e quello velato degli archi." |
| | Mario Messinis, Il Gazzettino di Venezia |
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"… all seven pieces presented here give the impression of having genuine meaning that makes the unusual variety of sounds fascinating." |
| | Classics Today | |
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| Per Acqua: |
"The vitality of her music, which was densely significant and highly expressive, was supported by Luisa Milos' deeply resonant text. The demanding choral work was especially applauded and appreciated for its masterly use of the voices as they engaged
in a difficult dialogue among several parts." |
| | Il Gazzettino di Venezia |
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| Glass: |
"… your lovely work, Glass, I found to be evocative and beautifully colorful." |
| | Gerard Schwarz | |
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| Invenzione: |
"… followed by a curious composition by the American-born composer Janet Maguire, called Invenzione. This work allowed the ensemble to really come into its own. Growing out of silence and broadening out like some unknown and sinister
force, the muslc of Invenzione incorporates the human voice into
its strange sound world. Humming from alI four musicians added a chilling layer to the texture, and a thrilling effectiveness to the ensemble as a whole." |
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| Southern Trees: |
"… modern, heart-rending polyphony…" |
| | La Nuova Venezia |
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| Inno a Dio: |
"Thank you, indeed, for having sent me your exquisite Inno a Dio…" |
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Fronteras del Silencio (Buenos Aires) |
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| Lace Knots: |
"… the human voice, for which Maguire clearly has a natural gift the soprano's delicate syllabic line weaves around those of the upper strings, blending and merging in and out of aural perspective." |
| | Tempo 225, London |
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| Cummings Lieder: |
"… Maguire's acute word setting, nowhere
better than in the Cummings Lieder … a sensation of impressionism…
the use of staccato, repeated note patterns echoes nicely the fragmented structures of Cummings' stanzas as well as giving a feeling of airiness and levity quite in keeping with the words." |
| | Guy Rickards, Tempo 225, London |
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| Lace Knots CD: |
"Inclassificabile, secondo comode etichette, è la musica della compositrice americana Janet Maguire…"
"… .L'effetto di straniamento ottenuto è davvero notevole; come quello che attanaglia ascoltando Per Acqua, lavoro per coro a cappella, nel quale l'aulico inizio non lascia certo presagire l' impressionnante spazializzazione, che conferisce un potente senso d'inquietudine al tutto."
"Ma la cifra caratteristica della Maguire è di riuscire sempre a sorprendere, spiazzare l'ascoltatore, che non trova mai l'agio di un percorso rettilineo." |
| | Carmelo Di Genaro, Classic Voice, Milan |
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| Inno a Dio: |
"Su questa operano un gusto timbrico che guarda al medioevo e una sensibilità polifonica dissonante vicina alle più famose pagine corale di Ligeti. Riferimenti che permangono nell' Inno a Dio, dove la tradizione dell'estasi melismatica dell'alleluia gregoriano è attraversata da un'inquietudine nuova, del tutto contemporanea."
"Un lavoro astratto, eppure chiaro e leggibile, ricco di sfumature nel
timbro e nelle dinamiche." |
| | Valerio Prigiotti, All About Jazz, Website |
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| Danza: |
"… si ispira ad un certo classicismo, ma solo per rivelarne la precarietà in piccoli e laceranti incisi intermittenti che ridefiniscono la trama spaziale…" |
| | Resto del Carlino |
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| Lace Knots CD: |
"what is most remarkable about all this is that the vast array of technical devices and unconventional color are all put to the service of music that speaks very directly to the listener."
"… the extended song Così sung by soprano Cristina Mantese is amazing."
"The two works for choir are also remarkable."
"..an amazing array of choral devices, ranging from near chant to aleatoric mutterings."
"This is highly recommended to anyone with open ears." |
| | John Story, Fanfare Magazine, New York |
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"The music beckons, but still keeps its distance. Maguire is a composer more striking in her deeper conceptions than in surface approachability. The results often sound like an audible chart of some internal journey.The personality is always present, and once in its midst the company is quite engaging." |
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Gramophone, London |
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"… a set of pieces characterised byconcise musical ideas and a dry sense of humour. … while a setting for choir of Luisa Milos's Per Acqua (By Water) (1990) is tremendously sensitive and atmospheric. … Maguire is a maverick talent reborn…" |
| | Philip Clark, Wire, London |
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| Cummings Lieder |
"The Cummings Lieder are strikingly fragile and delicate love songs…" |
| | American Record Guide |
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| 3 Quartets |
"I think you handle the quartet medium with real mastery. You have that freedom which only comes after a certain technical liberation. It's like an improvisation in that respect, one feels you could go anywhere, but without all those obsessive clichès one usually gets in the improvistaion context." |
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"… macht spass zu spielen und klingt schon zusammen und ineinander…" |
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| Lace Knots |
"… le copie di note che dall'inizio alla fine proponi, così semplice e orecchiabili e melodiose e amorose e nostalgiche e luttuose…" |
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| Inno a Dio |
"… tuoi grandi, larghi e misteriosi canti…" |
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| Lace Knots CD |
"… ci si trova in un mondo nuovo fatto di nuove sensazioni… un linguaggio affascinante…" |
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| Invenzione |
"… your quartet, with its inexhaustible imagination, full of contrasts, elegant…" |
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