“It’s a fascinating disc, it’s a real melting pot of repertoire. Kertsman’s style is very, very varied. He plunges everything into his music, from jazz to world music influences. It’s sometimes atonal, but it’s never inaccessible.”
– Jeremy Pound, Deputy Editor of the BBC Music Magazine on their December Podcast about “3 Concertos & Chamber Symphony No. 2”
“Kertsman manages to be completely Modern and yet so too lyrical and melodically enchanting. Four works, four worlds all different and a very satisfying listen to anyone who welcomes the NEW in New Music. I recommend this one strongly to you.”
– Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review about “3 Concertos & Chamber Symphony No. 2”
“Its frequently louche and jazzy loneliness might almost be the soundtrack to Edward Hopper’s painting Nighthawks.”
– MusicWeb International about “New York of 50 Doors”
“This original disc is a high-quality listening experience!”
– The Whole Note about “3 Concertos & Chamber Symphony No. 2”
“Composer and musician Miguel Kertsman lets us hear music rooted in European classical traditions and Brazilian folklore. An unbelievable Journey through time and Brazil’s music history… Overall, this music remains indescribable and defies categorization.”
– Rolling Stone
“Miguel Kertsman’s original and enjoyable documentary in music… You can listen to it as creatively enhanced “early music”, or you could draw parallels with present-day Britain… Whatever your attitude, Amazonica exerts a direct appeal to ear and imagination.
– BBC Music
“Colorful musical pictures from Brazil in fine recordings… meditative, colorful music, rich in ideas”.
– International Classical Music Awards
“immensely attractive music…imaginative and varied… orchestral lavishness (there are sublime moments of epic grandeur here…”
– Fanfare Magazine
“brilliant… the full breadth of orchestral drama with a definite touch of exotica\u2026 There is a genetic relation between Maestros Villa-Lobos and Kertsman that, at least in Kertsman”s early period, brings him into the picture as a successor, an extender of a Brazilian orchestral heritage”
– Classical Modern Music
“Music with passionate sounds envelops its listeners… brilliantly played.”
– Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
“The music is haunting and beautiful. It conjured up images of wind-swept castles and haunted marshes.”
– John Breeden, Game Industry News