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DIAMOND: Indiana University Chamber Orch. & Philharmonic Orch/Arthur Fagen/Naxos
DIAMOND: Rounds for String Orchestra. Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Symphony No. 6 / Indiana University Chamber Orch. & Philharmonic Orch.; Arthur Fagen, cond / Naxos 8.559842 Arthur Fagen’s Superb Diamond Performances The late David Diamond was a composer who prided himself on being part of the “Americana” scene in classical music while remaining an iconoclast […] The Rounds for String Orchestra were composed in 1944 at the...
Carmen, Georges Bizet, Atlanta Opera, April/May 2018
Conductor Arthur Fagen keeps the emphasis on strong rhythm in that frenzied scene and elsewhere such as the overture, giving fast passages energy and excitement while also paying due attention to slower melodies, varied textures as they move across orchestral sections.Andrew Alexander, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 30, 2018The Atlanta Opera puts a playful, wily spin on the smoldering “Carmen” Underpinning the whole production was the...
Richard Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer, Atlanta Opera, November 2017
Holding it all together was the company’s music director, Arthur Fagen. A former chief conductor in Dortmund, he is an old-school Wagnerian in the best way, breathing with his singers, cradling them with the warmth of the orchestra. Pierre Ruhe, Opera Magazine, April 2018Conductor Arthur Fagen and his orchestra were superb. […] the orchestra began the Holländer overture with unerring precision: the main theme of open fifths demonic sounding,...
Bernard Rand’s Vincent, Naxos
I can do nothing but sing the praises of the performers involved in this production. Conductor Arthur Fagen keeps the complex score moving along at a good pace, and produces an exemplary tight ensemble.David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare Indiana performance, conducted by Arthur Fagen, brims with telling detail and vibrancy.Gramophone UK Magazine The Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra is spectacular under Arthur Fagen; the student...
National Lyric Company, Costa Rica, Verdi’s La Traviata
De igual manera, la batuta clara y precisa del director Arthur Fagen funcionó de maravilla en el difícil acompañamento de arias y conjuntos…Jordi Antich, La Nación, July 26, 2017
Prague Summer Nights 2017, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
Composé de quarante-trois jeunes instrumentistes stagiaires, l’orchestre se montre très discipliné sous la direction experte d’Arthur Fagen. .. la conduite semble chercher – et parvenir à – un rythme aussi allant que possible, sans compromettre les chanteurs et au besoin en les aidant par un léger ralentissement dans les passages où l’agilité est très sollicitée, et sans sacrifier pour autant ni les accents collectifs ni les scansions...
Turandot, Giacomo Puccini, Atlanta Opera, April/May 2017
Atlanta Opera, Puccini’s TurandotÉsta fue la mejor producción de la Ópera de Atlanta en muchos años. En general, una inteligente puesta en escena que en ningún momento se podría decir que es un producto provinciano. Al contrario, ha elevado el nivel de la Ópera de Atlanta, que bajo la dirección general de Tomer Zvulun y hermosa concertación de Arthur Fagen, hacen esfuerzos para desarrollar cada vez más las presentaciones de este difícil arte....
Oviedo, Spain, New Year’s Concert
El director neoyorquino Arthur Fagen fue el auténtico maestro de ceremonias en la divertida y amena edición del concierto de Año Nuevo que se celebró ayer por la tarde en el teatro Campoamor de la mano de la orquesta Oviedo Filarmonía. Su carisma a la hora de brindar en la "Polka Anna" de Johann Strauss II, la forma entrañable de introducir cada una de las obras del programa y la calidad musical de su interpretación conquistaron a los...
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Indiana, U.S, Novembre 2016
"An interrupted rote gesture of the heroine's adopted faith, then sobbing. That tiny moment, at the beginning of the second act in "Madama Butterfly," represents the keen attention to detail of the production that moved into Clowes Hall for a two-night stand Friday. With the performance conducted by Arthur Fagen […] tempos were flexible and flawlessly matched to the stage action." Jay Harvey, Jayharveyupstage, November 12, 2016Orchestrally...
Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, October and December 2016
Mozart’s “Abduction From the Seraglio”, Deutsche Oper Berlin Am Pult des kammermusikalisch besetzten Orchesters der Deutschen Oper Berlin steht in dieser Wiederaufnahme von „Die Entführung aus dem Serail“ der bekannte Dirigent Arthur Fagen. Mit der Routine und Souveränität eines Kapellmeisters führt er das Orchester durch die spannende, wie wohlklingende Partitur Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts. Es handelt sich um eine differenzierte und präzise...