Reviews:
“On this latest release on the Composers Concordance record label, various musicians and small ensembles perform chamber music pieces that were composed by Gene Pritsker.
Readers of this blog probably know that Gene Pritsker has no musical boundaries. On "Melodies Alone Can Proudly Carry Their Own Death", the listener gets a glimpse of Gene's chamber music output. These are beautiful and impressive pieces. My favorites are 'A Certain Degree Of Neurosis' and 'Essence', mostly because the use of melodic percussion, and 'Ineffably Still', an amazing piece that is performed by an unusual combination of instruments: bass clarinet and electric guitar.
Something that you should check out !”
- Peter Van Laarhoven, United-Mutations, 11/2016
“In a way anything goes here but it goes in ways that stand out as fully Pritskeresque--finely constructed pieces with idiomatic part writing, stylistic multiplicity, rhythmic vitality and a recognizable Pritsker wholeness. Perhaps only Zappa before him has combined so much and so selectively, yet with such individual personality…Pritsker is a composer of our times, and undeniably one of the most original, daring and satisfying…Very recommended.”
- Grego Applegate Edwards, Classical Modern Music, 11/2016
“This album neatly captures Pritsker’s restlessly eclectic sensibilities…a generous assortment of the diverse and various, performed with precision and sensitivity by a talented collection of musicians…wonderfully eccentric…a beautifully dramatic work…a nicely organized collection that showcases the diversity and kaleidoscopic style of the chamber music of Gene Pritsker.”
- Paul Muller, Sequenza21, 12/16
“Composer Gene Pritsker shows his skill at the pen with eleven rich compositions in a variety of milieu…Melodies and mirth”
- George W. Harris , Jazzweekly., 1/17