Album Reviews

Raymond Tuttle
Fanfare, March 2024

[Yang] seems to have a gift for angular music that has an attitude. Her partner, Nicholas Rimmer…is well-matched with Yang. Together, they let the “bad boy” have a voice while also keeping him in line. © 2024 Fanfare Read complete review

Terry Robbins
The WholeNote, September 2023

Violinist Tianwa Yang and pianist Nicholas Rimmer are absolutely superb on the incredibly challenging George Antheil Violin Sonatas Nos.1–4… © 2023 The WholeNote Read complete review

Nick Barnard

…Yang and Rimmer are the best possible advocates for this music. Yang’s attack is fearless and laser accurate in a way that assures the listener that they are hearing the works exactly as Antheil intended. © 2023 MusicWeb International Read complete review

Norman Stinchcombe

[Antheil’s] four violin sonatas – expertly played by Yang (violin) and Rimmer (piano) – are products of a versatile, quizzical and eccentric mind… The first is heavily influenced by ‘Rite of Spring’ era Stravinsky; the second a mad mash-up of serious and comic tunes with Rimmer playing drums at one point; the third is relatively gentle and lyrical; the fourth, the finest, combines an intriguing variation movement and a lively toccata finale. First rate sound and informative notes. © 2023 Midlands Music Reviews Read complete review

Stephen Page
Lark Reviews, July 2023

…this early/mid twentieth century music still sounds contemporary and lives again in these committed performances. It is good to hear the diversity of compositional technique in this chronological set.

A very welcome release. © 2023 Lark Reviews Read complete review

Jed Distler

It is obvious that violinist Tianwa Yang and pianist Nicholas Rimmer have prepared these unwieldy scores with the utmost care and attention to detail, not to mention their effortless instrumental mastery. © 2023 ClassicsToday.com Read complete review

James Manheim
AllMusic.com, July 2023

The violin sonatas of George Antheil have been recorded before, but they’re not exactly common items on recordings or the concert hall, and this vigorous reading by violinist Tianwa Yang and pianist Nicholas Rimmer is most welcome. …The third sonata combines Stravinskian rhythms with a new melodicism, while the final, later sonata is in a calmer neoclassic vein. …Violinist Yang finds the edge in this work, and she matches the music’s energy throughout in a thoroughly enjoyable performance. © 2023 AllMusic.com Read complete review

Lynn René Bayley

Happily, Yang and Rimmer give everything they have to this project, which is considerable. …I have no hesitation in recommending this splendid CD. © 2023 The Art Music Lounge Read complete review

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