Kile Smith
Composing
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Vespers in Gramophone
“A SPECTACULAR WORK…
quiet yet ecstatic… hushed awe floats in every movement… sparkling beauty… tender love for the texts… The Crossing shines in shimmering timbre… [Piffaro’s] members play with sensitivity and grace… profoundly contemporary view of an ancient practice…A SUCCESS”
—Andrew Druckenbrod, July 2009 -
Vespers, Reviews
Available from Amazon.com,
Piffaro, The Crossing… all over.
“I’ll say it outright: this work is a masterpiece of the deepest kind… easily one of the best releases of the year… Seldom do I come across a piece with such profoundly direct emotional appeal… The writing is brilliant in all respects… it would be a crime to pass it up… ★★★★★” —Audiophile Audition
“creative breakthrough… ethereal… confident simplicity… immediately identifiable personality… full of distinctive rewards… the Magnificat contains a minor miracle… Vespers is a sanctuary” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“altogether gorgeous and haunting… stunning… ★★★★” —The Buffalo News
“almost preternaturally beautiful… how seamless…how utterly self-effacing is Smith’s technique… The music seeps into the consciousness with gentle stealth and power, finally disarming any resistance… The sum of the parts is magical. Don’t miss this one.” —Philadelphia City Paper
"thinking out of the centuries-old box… novel combinations of texture… appealing… colorful… performance is of front-rank caliber… ★★★★" —allmusic.com
“strikingly effective… emotionally and musically appealing” —Infodad
“embraces originality without eschewing lovability” —The Recovering Choir Director -
on CD
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The Soloist
