PRESS
Critical acclaim for the
Argento New Music Project
“Argento Chamber Ensemble...[is] providing a real service to new-music lovers in New York City, by exposing works that might otherwise go unperformed…”
– Alex Ross, The New Yorker
“An essential source of adventurous new music in New York.”
– Steve Smith, Night After Night
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“Their technical polish lets them move easily through the rhythmic and harmonic thickets of the contemporary styles that are their specialty, but they also bring to their performances the kind of unsettled, restless energy that seems a special province of the young. Michel Galante, the group's conductor, is able to transform these warring qualities into readings that make even relatively static pieces sound dynamic and charged.”
– Allan Kozinn, The New York Times
“The [Argento Chamber Ensemble's] performance succeeded in every way that really matters. It seized the moment and persuaded one that if Kilkenny Arts Festival wanted to end at the top, it could not get much higher than this.”
– Martin Adams, The Irish Times
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“Argento deserve commendation for delivering a CD that matches fine performance with fine recording and mixing. Murail's works live in the details, and Argento have rendered them richly.”
– Lanier Sammons, Sequenza 21
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“[The Argento Chamber Ensemble's] thrillingly gritty, acid-tinged account of Schoenberg's early Chamber Symphony No. 1 caught Expressionism in full flower.”
– Allan Kozinn, The New York Times
“It renders [the works] not merely approachable but positively delectable through its mix of technical command and urgent advocacy.…an exceptionally rich, detailed recording.”
– Steve Smith, The New York Times
Complete press clips
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times, April 26, 2016: Portrait of Beat Furrer [PDF forthcoming] Correction: In the performance of Xenos III, the text was recited live, on stage, by the composer. His voice was electronically processed in real time and then amplified by the natural resonance of the timpani.
James Oestreich, The New York Times, January 18, 2015: Das Lied (Mahler) [PDF]
George Grella, New York Classical Review, January 15, 2015: Das Lied (Mahler) [PDF]
Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times, September 20, 2015: Scelsi Rediscovered
Harold Rolnick, ConcertoNet, September 20, 2015: Scelsi Rediscovered
Mary Beard, Classical Sonoma, March 29, 2015: Concertos with Trio Ariadne and Mahler with Fredericka von Stade
Maddie Crook (student blog at Sonoma State University), April 16, 2015: Trio Ariadne Farewell Concert
James Oestreich, The New York Times, January 18, 2015: Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler)
George Grella, New York Classical Review, January 16, 2015: Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler) [PDF]
Daniel Goode, Thumbnail Review #39, September 30, 2014: Symphony No. 9 (Mahler) [PDF]
Daniel Goode, Thumbnail Review #40, September 30, 2014: Ricketts, Brook [PDF]
George Grella, New York Classical Review, September 16, 2014: Symphony No. 9 (Mahler) [PDF]
James Oestreich, The New York Times, September 16, 2014: Symphony No. 9 (Mahler) [PDF]
Harold Rolnick, ConcertNet, September 15, 2014: Symphony No. 9 (Mahler) [PDF]
Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, May 20, 2014: ACF Series - Deep-Sky Objects (Currier)
Lee Passarella, Audiophile Audition, October 25, 2013: Imbrications in Fred Lerdahl Vol.4
Ralph Graves, WTJU Charlottesville, VA, July 12, 2013: Imbrications in Fred Lerdahl Vol.4
Daniel Stephen Johnson, WQXR New York, June 10, 2013, Album of the Week: Imbrications in Fred Lerdahl Vol.4
Harold Rolnick, ConcertoNet, September 20, 2013: Collaboration with the New Chamber Ballet
Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, July 5, 2013: Haas and The Second Viennese School
James Oestreich, The New York Times, February 24, 2013: Symphonies of Song
Matt Mendez, Soundproof Room, December 12, 2012: Pierrot Lunaire at 100
Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times, December 2, 2012: Lunar Movement Series
Matt Mendez, Soundproof Room, December 12, 2012: Pierrot Lunaire at 100
David St. Lascaux, The Brooklyn Rail, October 27, 2012: Mozart/Haas
Playbill, October 20, 2012: Interview with Michel Galante on Mozart/Haas
Matt Mendez, Soundproof Room, October 18, 2012: Mozart/Haas Commentary
Steve Smith, The New York Times, September 16, 2012: Moving Sounds Festival
Broadway World, September 4, 2012: Mozart/Haas Preview
Lewis Whittington, ConcertoNet, July 30, 2012: Spectral Impressions at the Rodin Museum (Hurel)
Mary Sydnor, Philadelphia Daily News, July 28, 2012: Spectral Impressions at the Rodin Museum (Hurel)
Ryan Olivier, Melo Music Composers' Blog, July 28, 2012: Spectral Impressions at the Rodin Museum (Murail)
Pia Catton, The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2011: SONiC Festival/Joyce Theater Collaboration
Steve Smith, The New York Times, September 21, 2011: Czechsplorations I at the Moving Sounds Festival: arrangements of Janacek's Prelude to From the House of the Dead, Violin Sonata (for saxophone), and Mahler's Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Joel Myers, Virtual Shellfish, February 21, 2011: Haas's in vain at the Park Avenue Armory
Vivan Schweitzer, The New York Times, February 15, 2011: Haas's in vain at the Park Avenue Armory
Paul Bailey, Sequenza21, January 19, 2011: Ferneyhough's La chute d'Icare, Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip, etc. at the Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2011: Ferneyhough's La chute d'Icare, Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip, etc. at the Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles
OutWestArts, January 11, 2011: Ferneyhough's La chute d'Icare, Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip, etc. at the Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles
Alex Ross, The New Yorker, November 29, 2010: Haas's in vain at EMPAC and the Moving Sounds Festival
Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, November 21, 2010: Fred Lerdahl Composer Portrait
Joseph Dalton, November 12, 2010: Haas's in vain at EMPAC
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, June 24, 2010: Schumann at 200
Steve Smith, The New York Times, March 8, 2010: Sebestian Currier Composer Portrait
Steve Smith and Olivia Giovetti, Time Out New York, December 31, 2009: Best of 2009
Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, December 18, 2009: 2009's most memorable performances (Haas's in vain)
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, November 18, 2009: Miranda Cuckson plays Ralph Shapey
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, September 14, 2009: Moving Sounds Festival
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, May 6, 2009: Olivier Messiaen Centenary
Steve Smith, The New York Times, April 7, 2009: Fineberg's Lolita (Page 2)
Josef Woodard, Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2009: Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques
Daniel Ginsberg, The Washington Post, February 11, 2009: Georg Friedrich Haas's in vain
Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, February 9, 2009: Georg Friedrich Hass's in vain
Steve Smith, Time Out New York, February 5, 2009: Georg Friedrich Haas's in vain
Steve Smith, The New York Times, August 1, 2008: Music of Pierre Boulez
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2008: Helmut Lachenmann's Mouvement (external link)
Rick Schultz, Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2008: Interview with Helmut Lachenmann (external link)
Steve Smith, Night After Night, December 28, 2007: Steve Smith's Best of 2007 (external link)
The Irish Times, December 24, 2007: Argento at the National Gallery, Dublin (external link)
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, March 25, 2007: Argento's debut CD Winter Fragments on the AEON label (external link)
The New York Times, March 25, 2007: Argento's debut CD Winter Fragments on the AEON label (PDF)
Steve Smith, Night After Night, March 25, 2007: Argento's debut CD Winter Fragments on the AEON label (external link)
Lanier Sammons, Sequenza 21, March 24, 2007: Winter Fragment CD (external link)
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, February 2, 2007: German Expressionism--Schoenberg, Wagner/Szeto, Haas, Stockhausen
Steve Smith, Night After Night: January 31, 2007: German Expressionism--Schoenberg, Wagner/Szeto, Haas, Stockhausen (external link)
The Irish Times, August 21, 2006: Argento at the Kilkenny Festival
Argento at Kilkenny, August 2006
Steve Smith, Night After Night: May 11, 2006: Stephanie Griffin portrait
Steve Smith, Night After Night, May 9, 2006: Grisey, Stephanie Griffin, and Miranda Cuckson (external link)
Steve Smith, Night After Night, May 8, 2006: IRCAM at Miller Theatre (external link)
Anne Midgette, The New York Times, September 13, 2005: French Connections (external link) (alternative link)