Lois Bliss Herbine Flutist, Piccolo

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	Lois Bliss Herbine Discography
	Solo CD Take Wing, Premiere recordings for piccolo by American composers, Crystal Records, 2004 Lois Bliss Herbine, piccolo/ Charles Abramovic, piano/ Sophie Bruno, harp/ Allison Herz, clarinet/ Allen Krantz, guitar. Recorded 2000-2002 at Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Recording, editing and co-producing: George Blood, engineer Track Listing for Crystal CD713 Daniel Dorff.....................Sonatine de Giverny for piccolo and piano "It glints, glances and summons up Debussyan chords in its opening (Les fleurs ravisantes - properly conveyed) though the heat haze stasis of the high piccolo line in the second movement is even more arresting, as is the loquacious promenade of the last of the three movements, En ville, in which there's a requisite bustle of talk and motion."- Music Web International Allen Krantz.....................Song of Spring with little variations and fantasies for piccolo and guitar "has Herbine beautifully shaping long-limbed phrases to the composer's guitar accompaniment" - Philadelphia Music Makers. "In his own fanciful Song of Spring, guitarist Allen Krantz shows off a magically limpid sound." - Gramophone Willard S. Elliot................Fantasy for piccolo and piano "Elliot's Fantasy is an ebullient tongue twister, which stretches the player's lungs and demands fast and precise articulation." - Music Web International David Loeb......................Preludes for solo piccolo Volume IV "David Loeb's Preludes hint at Asian mysteries." - Gramophone Michael Daugherty...........The High and the Mighty for piccolo and piano "Daugherty's wonderful The High and the Mighty uses a variety of tunes and jaunty attitudes to exhilarate the imagination." - Gramophone Vincent Persichetti............Parable for Solo Piccolo Op.125 "It isn't easy to maintain emotional intensity and a sense of structure with a single melodic line, and Herbine demonstrates how deep her musicianship goes with this material." - Philadelphia Music Makers Stephen Mager.................Saltarello (The falcon) for piccolo and harp "Mager's Salterello is attractive"- Music Web International. "Harpist Sophie Bruno makes a luminous contribution" - Gramophone Howard J. Buss................Night Flight for piccolo, clarinet and piano "Howard J Buss's musical depiction of a flight on a jetliner (no denying the aeronautical connotations of the piccolo's sleek, stratospheric sounds) is a startling tour de force." - Gramophone Chamber Music CD Concerts at Carmel: Illuminations, DTR Music, 2008 Janice Fiore, soprano; Lois Bliss Herbine, piccolo; Sophie Bruno Labiner, harp Concerts at Carmel recorded live in 2006, Carmel Presbyterian Church, Glenside, PA Bob Sellman, engineer Illuminations (title track and premiere recording) a song cycle for soprano, piccolo and harp (2001) (settings by Stephen Mager) "Perhaps the most intriguing work on the program is Illuminations, a song cycle for soprano, piccolo and harp (2001) by Stephen Mager... The three performers demonstrate loving and confident commitment to the score in this alluring performance." - The American Organist, November 1, 2009 Recordings with Orchestra 2001 1. Music of Gerald Levinson (flute, alto flute and piccolo, Here of Amazing Most Now) Gerald Levinson/ Orchestra 2001, TROY, 2007 2. Music of Gerald Levinson (2nd flute, Chant des rochers)"Gerald Levinson/ Orchestra 2001, Albany, 2005 3. Music of Our Time Vol. 5, 2 CD set (piccolo, Finko's Violin Concerto) "River Song", CRI, 2002 "For me, the major discover(y is) Finko's 1988 Concerto for violin and orchestra, with its wildly inventive scoring..." - Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns, record review, February 23, 2003 (4 out of 4 stars) 4. Music of Our Time Vol. 4 (piccolo, D. Crumb's Variations) "Chant des Rochers", CRI, 2000 "Crumb's 1993 Variations for Cello and Chamber Ensemble is the major prize on the disc... how can you argue with its intoxicating range of instrumental color?" - Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns, record review, Sunday, January 28, 2001 (3 out of 4 stars) 5. Music of Our Time Vol. 2 (bass flute, Levinson's In dark) "Night of the Four Moons", CRI, 1997 "exquisitely performed and produced disc - Gerald Levinson's song cycle in dark (is) atmospheric and evocative." - American Record Guide, January/ February 1998 "Exceptionally natural, honest, ungimmicked sound...A rewarding and accessible disc...Strongly recommended." Exclusive Review from Fanfare - Benjamin Pernick with Strings from the Philadelphia Orchestra Music for Chamber Orchestra and Soprano (Op. 6) by Bernard Hermann (principal flute). Premiere recording produced at Stone Creek Studios for Norma Shepherd Hermann, 1999. Session was video taped and broadcast on a television special for TNT.				CD Reviews "Herbine's portrayal of the Daugherty is especially appealing and impressive - this work is destined to become a standard in the literature for piccolo with such vivid and artistic performances as this." - Flute Network Recommends, February, 2005 "Herbine makes the piccolo sing, enchant, and mesmerize throughout this recording" - Flute Talk Magazine, January, 2005 "One of my favorite CDs, great player, excellent repertoire, several premiere recordings on this disc, a MUST for every piccolo library. The Dorff and Daugherty are especially well-played." - "Piccolo Picks" by Dr. Christine E. Beard, Flute Professor, U of Neb/Omaha; Roy Seaman Piccolo Artist and host of Piccolo HQ.com "A high-flying recital which shows that the piccolo can do more than tootle" - Gramophone North American Reviews, January, 2005 "Another leading wind soloist takes flight in a programme that is entertaining and wide ranging." - Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International, December, 2004 "the piccolo and harp contributions by Lois Bliss Herbine and Sophie Bruno Labiner are models of color-driven expression. - David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer, record review, Sunday, May 3, 2009 (3.5 out of 4 stars) "All of the performers here are first-rate; the live performances are highly satisfying" - The American Organist, November 1, 2009 "There's not a musician appearing on this program who isn't operating at the highest level, but the stars of the show are the two woodwind players" (Ricardo Morales and Lois Herbine). - Andrew Quint, Philadelphia Music Makers Magazine, summer, 2009
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