Textura:
- “Don’t make the mistake of thinking, however, that just because it’s accessible, it’s simple. There’s craft aplenty in these works, in both the compositional writing and orchestration departments, plus an attention to detail that makes them all the more rewarding.”
- “There’s a deceptive quality to the music, too, in that a piece that appears relatively uncomplicated upon closer examination reveals layers of complexity that speak to its sophistication.”
- “If any composer looms large as a point of reference, it’s Aaron Copland, though there are moments when one might be reminded of Ives and Adams, too. Put simply, Schoenberg’s music is more Bernstein than Berio.”
- “To say Schoenberg has a promising future is an understatement.”
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Stereophile:
- “The three works…are deliciously tonal, filled with color and energy, and irrepressibly optimistic.”
- “Schoenberg simply dazzles and delights…someone every music-loving audiophile will want to check out.”
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ConcertoNet:
- “His music is very approachable, bringing relevancy, respectfulness and resonance in forward drive.”
- “There is an impenetrable sensitivity with Mr. Schoenberg’s music: it titillates the tympanic membrane and touches us with a golden heart.”
- “There’s absolute richness in the structure and use of innovative percussive instrumentation that gives the pieces such demonstrative character.”
- “This Reference Recordings CD is a World Premiere and well worth the journey.”
- “As his objective outlines, his final message uplifts our country…we move forward with hope and optimism. Adam Schoenberg translates that beautifully in this music.”
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Classical-Modern Music Review:
- “Is Adam Schoenberg the American Sibelius? Maybe. I haven’t heard such ravishingly beautiful, unabashed orchestral lyricism since the Finnish master put notes to paper.”
- “Here is a modern music that anybody might find beautiful. It has the ability to remain very approachable for almost anyone’s ears. And yet there is a great deal of innovative brilliance of substance in every bar. That is rare and I might go as far to say that Adam Schoenberg is headed for a career of wide acclaim.”
- “Hear this music by all means. It is sorely needed in our troubled times!”
- “There is more modernism to be heard in this music, some spicy dissonances and rhythmically exotic moments well placed amidst the poetic shimmer…broadly bright sonarities and subtly powerful climaxes.”
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Theater Jones:
- “It’s invigorating, impeccably paced music, and shows the composer’s sure hand with orchestral forces.”
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HRAudio.net:
- “Schoenberg’s music is tonal, beguilingly atmospheric and engagingly melodic”