by juanalvaro | Oct 16, 2020 | news
Arthur Fagen’s newest Naxos recording with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra got high praise in many of the most prestigious magazines and newspapers. “Arthur Fagen conducts each score with incisive authority” writes Donald Rosenberg on Gramophone Magazine;...
by juanalvaro | Jul 25, 2020 | news
Arthur Fagen’s newest Naxos recording with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra has just been released. This project features works exclusively by Black composers: William Dawson Levi and Ulysses Kay. An awareness of these compositions is important, especially in...
by juanalvaro | Apr 16, 2020 | news
Atlanta Opera premiére of Salome in January/February earned outstanding reviews. Mark Gresham wrote on Ear Relevant Journal: “…a most compelling performance of the score by music director Arthur Fagen and the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, which brought its own reputation...
by juanalvaro | Jul 1, 2020 | Reviews
[…] Negro Symphony [Dawson’s] is a brilliantly orchestrated work that repays repeated listenings. This is its third recording after Stokowski and Neeme Järvi in Detroit. […] This newcomer is the most balanced of the three and a safe recommendation. These are excellent...
by juanalvaro | Apr 20, 2020 | Reviews
Four stars: A well-performed collection of fine music Arthur Fagen and the Vienna Radio Orchestra have the measure of these works; the conductor manages to convey the American and Latin dance idioms to the Austrian musicians, and they sound totally at home in the...
