“...three successful, and well-performed works... its warmth is largely irresistible and harnessed with aplomb by the Musica Viva NY Choir... this recording finds the Musica Viva NY Choir on especially thrilling form.”
— © 2025 BBC Music Magazine, February 2025
WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING
“The Musica Viva NY Choir and Orchestra, under the baton of artistic director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, deliver exceptional performances: superbly articulated, tonally rich and keenly balanced, and embodying an infectious enthusiasm for the trio of works....This is a most rewarding disc, one I’m happy to recommend.”
— Fanfare, March 2025
“...powerful and well-balanced... Crimson Roses also features Musica Viva soprano Erinn Sensenig in ‘The Last Meeting,’ her voice melding plummy richness and girlish purity... [Frederica von Stade’s] technique is still admirably sturdy.”
— Choir & Organ, March 2025
“The texts by nine poets who participated and/or died in the Great War are animated by vivid and lyrical vocal and instrumental writing, which the Musica Viva NY Choir and Orchestra treat with warmth, vitality and cohesion under music director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez. ...The Musica Viva NY Choir bask in the technical challenges, sustaining long lines with finesse and brimming with colour and crisp ensemble in the livelier material.”
— Gramophone, January 2025
“The orchestra and choir acquit themselves well in Turrin’s neo-romantic score. Kudos to conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez for leading the piece in a well-paced and thoughtful interpretation.”
— Sequenza21.com, December, 2024
“In this work, the Musica Viva NY Choir shows its true potential as an onomatopoeic painter, sound designer and narrator to be listened to attentively.”
— Pizzicato, November 2024
“In totaling an hour, the three works have the potential to form a terrific concert programme...Cumulatively, the works argue strongly on behalf of Musica Viva NY and Hernandez-Valdez’s assured guiding hand and suggest attendance at one of its All Souls NYC concerts should be part of any city visitor’s itinerary.”
