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Critical praises of Stallcop's "Dreamcatcher" include: Each (title) is impressive for the ease with which Stallcop moves from idea to idea, and for the way in which he places considerable keyboard technique at the disposal of interlocking motifs. Stallcop gained his skill from years of playing jazz, but the music sounds more like post-Romantic harmonies attempting to take the form of some massive nocturne or ballade It's a very engaging CD.
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"DREAMCATCHER" by composer/pianist Glenn Stallcop |
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| Stallcop has a formidable command of the piano, and there is no doubt that this Arizona composer has a command of twentieth century compositional techniques...it was refreshing to hear something so individualistic...
-Wind and Wire Magazine
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"Dreamcatcher is passionate improvisation of real clarity, fluidity, and dexterity." -Chinary Ung, composer and Grawemeyer Award Winner
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| Thick & rich as a keg o' "Samuel Adams dark lager," his compositions will astound & please your aural appendages, in a very relaxing fashion...maybe even stir YOUR dreams. Be sure to keep THIS by th' chidren's beds...with as much trouble as th' world has hounding it these days, it will make THEIR dreams much more creative & pleasant! This is MOST HIGHY RECOMMENDED, and you should GET it!
-IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION
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| "It is a thrill to listen to these ear- catching musical dreams."
-Hermann Michael, Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
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| "What fantasy! What psychedelic flutterings of the mind. It is pure improvisation.... I find the improvisations appealing and thought-provoking.
-Vilem Sokol, conductor, violist, Univ. of Wash. Professor Emeritus |
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