Altars of glitter – the new LA Phil album celebrates Gabriela Ortiz’s revolutionary sonorities

The sensation of enraptured discovery is tangible throughout  Gabriela Ortiz’s new album Revolución Diamantina, as one’s mind and body become fully engaged in sounding rituals of the three world premiere recordings involved, given in superlative performances by their commissioners, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Sharing the stage in these live takes...

Glitter Revolution is come – LA Phil and Dudamel premiere Gabriela Ortiz’s tremendous ballet score at California Festival

LA Phil and Gustavo Dudamel onstage at their Walt Disney Concert Hall home. © Danny Clinch The stage of Walt Disney Concert Hall was literally crowded on Thursday evening, when the full ranks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, joined by eight amplified voices of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and conducted by Music Director Gustavo...

Transfigured premiere recording of Thomas Adès’s resplendent Dante from LA Phil and Dudamel

Every once in a while new music of such resplendence comes across that one is transfigured by the encounter. For this writer, the album premiere of Thomas Adès’s three-part ballet Dante (2019-20) marks such an occasion. Recorded in conjunction with concert performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale under Music...