"Editor's Picks" by Emusic.com
Derek Bermel: Voices (BMOP/sound 1008, 2009)

"I just hope that future performances are as authoritative as these by Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project."
Andrew Farach-Colton, Gramophone on Derek Bermel: Voices (BMOP/sound 1008, 7/2009)

"Mr. Rose and his new-music band play it all with natural vitality."
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times on Derek Bermel: Voices (BMOP/sound 1008, 5/2009)

"...these exuberant and expressive performances provide yet another instance of conductor Gil Rose's technical command and superb musicianship."
Andrew Farach-Colton, Gramophone on Michael Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant (BMOP/sound 1002, 5/2009)

"This is challenging, worthy music, and the splendid performances have been very well recorded."
Classical CD Review on Derek Bermel: Voices (BMOP/sound 1008, 4/2009)

"I'm also a big BMOP fan- here's an orchestra that really can play, and all they do is new music."
Frank J. Oteri, The Web Magazine from the American Music Center on David Rakowski: Winged Contraption (BMOP/sound 1009, 3/2009)

"Conductor Gil Rose leads the orchestra through the sudden transitions and wild, gritty, bluesy, funky melodies, through the cowbell moments, the loud brass, the big-band, with such grace he must have been conducting with his hips."
Emily Parkhurst, Classical Voice of New England on Derek Bermel: Voices (BMOP/sound 1008, 3/2009)

"Gil Rose guides it all with a firm hand, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project does a fine job giving us our first glimpse of an intriguing piece."
Mark Sebastian Jordan, Music Web International on Eric Sawyer: Our American Cousin (BMOP/sound 1006, 3/2009)

"As always, Gil Rose's group plays beautifully..."
Allen Gimbel, American Record Guide on Charles Fussell: Wilde (BMOP/sound 1005, 1/2009)

"Best CDs of 2008" by The Boston Globe
Lee Hyla: Lives of the Saints (BMOP/sound 1003, 1/2009)
"Best CDs of 2008" by Downbeat Magazine
Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound 1004, 12/2008)

"Best Classical CDs" by National Public Radio
Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound 1004, 12/2008)

"Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project bring a passion and knowledge to the music which is reflected throughout the album."
Maxwell Chandler, JazzPolice on Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound 1004, 11/2008)

"Again, outstanding performances by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project...This comes with a very high recommendation to a wide audience."
Robert Carl, Fanfare on Eric Sawyer: Our American Cousin (BMOP/sound 1006, 11/2008)

"Best CDs of 2008" by The New York Times
Michael Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant (BMOP/sound 1002, 11/2008)

"It's a delight to see attention paid to these long neglected, historic, and, for the most part, entertaining scores, and I hope BMOP has more Schuller on its agenda."
Art Lange, Fanfare on Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound 1004, 11/2008)

"Conductor Gil Rose flashes a cool hand at balancing strict writing with looser solos, shading dynamics and pacing smoothly."
Fred Bouchard, Downbeat on Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound 1004, 11/2008)

"Outstanding performances by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project...This comes with a very high recommendation to a wide audience."
Robert Carl, Fanfare on Eric Sawyer: Our American Cousin (BMOP/sound 1006, 11/2008)

"I really like this opera and wish it well."
Charles H. Parsons, American Record Guide on Eric Sawyer: Our American Cousin (BMOP/sound 1006, 11/2008)

"The sound is excellent and very transparent, maestro Gil Rose and his ensemble sound spectacular, and the physical product is stylish with copious notes and attractive visual art. A very promising debut, and also a great argument for the vigor and freshness of the Boston new music scene."
Robert Carl, Fanfare on Michael Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant (BMOP/sound 1002, 11/2008)

"The mix is arresting and individual...You will need to be in the right state of mind to deal with this well-produced release from Gil Rose's ambitious label."
Allen Gimbel, American Record Guide on Lee Hyla: Lives of the Saints (BMOP/sound 1003, 9/2009)

"Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra project are expert champions of this neglected score. The playing is detailed and sweeping, providing Harbison's ballet with the intimacy and sonic splendor it needs to be revealed as a compelling achievement."
(Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 8/2008)

"They handle the rhythms crisply and manage to both swing and keep tight. A superior recording."
S.G.S., Classical CD Review on Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound 1004, 8/2008)

"The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is currently one of the world's great orchestras, recorded here with stunning detail and sensuous sheen. Gil Rose has prepared Harbison's engrossing score meticulously."
Allen Gimbel, American Record Guide on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 7/2008)

"Together with Richard Dyer's full and incisive annotation, and most important, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's absolutely stunning, all encompassing ultra-realistic sound ambience, we have here one of the outstanding releases of contemporary American music of the decade."
Paul A. Snook, Fanfare on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 7/2008)

"Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra do a fabulous job, with first-rate playing and a wonderful pace. The ballet runs close to an hour-and-a-half, and yet it never bores you, due, I think, not only to Harbison but to Rose."
S.G.S., Classical CD Review on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 6/2008)

"Harbison couldn't wish for better advocates or interpreters of Ulysses than Rose and the BMOP; an excellent recording."
Christian Carey, Sequenze21 on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 6/2008)

"The three scores included here—all played with warmth and precision, and beautifully recorded on the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's own label—offer a good overview of Mr. Gandolfi's sensibility."
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times on Michael Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant (BMOP/sound 1002, 6/2008)

"This scrupulously prepared yet heartfelt performance perfectly captures the glittering surface as well as the close-knit texture of this 80-minute work."
Howard Goldstein, BBC Music on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 6/2008)

"Rose and his crack musicians bring out all of the score's sensual charms and its vivid physicality."
Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 5/2008)

"Gil Rose leads the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in evocative, committed performances. The sound is clean and spacious."
Stephen Eddins, Allmusic Guide on Charles Fussell: Wilde (BMOP/sound 1005)

"These two releases make for an ausipicious debut of BMOP/sound...Boston new-music fans have benefited for years from the advocacy of Rose and BMOP in live concerts. With this label, that work should start getting the wider attention it deserves."
Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe on John Harbison: Ulysses and Michael Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant (BMOP/sound 1001, 1002; 5/2008)

"In music as detailed and transparent as this, the demands made upon each and every one of the instrumentalists are substantial. Consequently all of the performers must be in top form to bring it off successfully. Not only that, but scores as involved and complicated as these require a circumspect conductor to hold things together. Both of these conditions are fully met by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project under Gil Rose, who delivers outstanding performances of everything here."
Bob McQuiston, Classical Lost and Found on Michael Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant (BMOP/sound 1002, 5/2008)

"The music couldn't possibly have better advocates than the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and its conductor Gil Rose. The detail, emotional sweep and carefully judged dynamics that Maestro Rose brings to this score are exceptional."
Bob McQuiston, Classical Lost and Found on John Harbison: Ulysses (BMOP/sound 1001, 4/2008)

"Evan Ziporyn...is represented here by four orchestral works combining post-minimalist, post-Impressionist and Asian-Pacific gestures with an ear for glowing instrumental color and pulsing rhythmic vitality. If you don't know his engaging and accessible music, this CD makes the ideal introduction."
John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune on Evan Ziporyn's Frog's Eye (Cantaloupe Music CA21040, 12/2007)

"The Top 10 in Recording 2004: Bernard Rands Canti Trilogy (Arsis) Gil Rose and his Boston Modern Orchestra Project do full justice to a towering triptych... Conductor Rose and his 11-piece ensemble expertly render Rands' constantly shifting colors and textures."
— Steve Smith, Time Out New York on Bernard Rands' Canti Trilogy (Arsis 156, 11/2004)

"The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is a professional ensemble founded by conductor Gil Rose and devoted solely to new music. These musicians play Hyla's difficult music fearlessly and with an appreciation for its abrupt changes in both direction and color."
— Raymond Tuttle, International Record Review on Lee Hyla's Trans (New World 80614, 2/2004)

"The performances by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project are committed and well played under Gil Rose's firm direction."
— Guy Richards, Tempo on Lee Hyla's Trans (New World 80614, 2/2004)

"Gil Rose commands the ensemble with finesse and precision."
— Macdonald, American Record Guide on Reza Vali's Flute Concerto / Deylaman / Folk Songs (Naxos 8-557224, 3/2004)

"I cannot give too much commendation to the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Gil Rose for their exceptional endeavors."
— Michael Cookson, Music Web on Reza Vali's Flute Concerto / Deylaman / Folk Songs (Naxos 8-557224, 3/2004)

"...an exciting new recording of three orchestral works by Mr. Hyla, in dynamic performances by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, an ensemble that champions living composers."
— Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times on Lee Hyla's Trans (New World 80614, 2/2004)

"Steered by the remarkable Gil Rose, the music never lulls or loses focus. The conductor keeps the music's potential unruliness under control, letting it breathe, seethe and snarl as needed."
— Daniel Felsenfeld, Time Out New York on Lee Hyla's Trans (New World 80614, 2/2004)

"Gil Rose's conducting is dexterous and precise throughout."
— Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle on Lee Hyla's Trans (New World 80614, 2/2004)

"Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project rise bravely to the occasion, and no matter how disjointed the music becomes, they never make an ugly sound or lose sight of where the music is going."
— David Hurwitz, Classics Today on Lee Hyla's Trans (New World 80614, 2/2004)

"Composer Arthur Berger died in October at 91, and this beautiful recording of his complete orchestral music makes a fitting testimonial."
— Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times on Arthur Berger's Complete Orchestral Works (New World 80605-2, 10/2003)

"The Year's Best Classical Recordings: Honorable Mention. The complete orchestra works of Arthur Berger, played by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project under Gil Rose (New World)."
— John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune on Arthur Berger's Complete Orchestral Works (New World 80605-2, 10/2003)

"...conductor Gil Rose must take much of the credit, of course. He is clearly the master of the score. He keeps the drama moving, not allowing any unnecessary indulgence and his conducting has a fine dramatic thrust to it. Equally, he makes the most of the many lyrical, poetic passages."
— John Quinn, Classical Music Web on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"This international cast under American conductor Gil Rose brings the requisite eloquence and intensity to Barber's setting of the love-triangle libretto."
— Anthony Holden, The Observer on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Rose, again, plus a local cast that's practically peerless."
— T. J. Medrek, The Boston Herald on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Conductor Gil Rose wrings an exciting orchestral performance out of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine."
— Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"The fine orchestra under Gil Rose's incisive baton provides the chief pleasures of the set."
— David Shengold, Opera News Online on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Gil Rose leads the NSO of Ukraine with an incisive baton throughout and seems intent on calling greater attention to Barber's orchestration, an approach which at least in part accounts for the greater orchestral presence in the sound reproduction."
— Robert Cummings, Classical Net on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Perhaps Gil Rose's excellent new recording will introduce [Vanessa] to a wider audience at long last."
— The Independent on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"The lush sound, sensitive conducting, and exceptional singing accord this set an honored place among the great CDs of 2003."
— Dalia Geffen, Audiophile Audition on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Samuel Barber's Vanessa receives an impressive updated recording with fine American singers (Ellen Chickering [Vanessa], Andrea Matthews [Erika] et al.) and Gil Rose leading the Ukrainian National Symphony."
— Turok's Choice on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Gil Rose leads the excellent National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine with a sure hand and an appropriately roughshod bonhomie..."
— Daniel Felsenfeld, Time Out New York on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"If there were a classical music man of the month, November would surely belong to conductor Gil Rose... The performance is bursting with life, in large part thanks to Gil Rose's passionate leadership of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine."
— T.J. Medrek, The Boston Herald on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Conductor Gil Rose leads a taut performance..."
— Robert Levine, Classics Today on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Gil Rose sets fluid, broad tempos, and the National Symphony of the Ukraine makes a fine sound."
— David Perkins, The North Carolina News Observer on Samuel Barber's Vanessa (Naxos 8669140, 11/2003)

"Conductor Gil Rose leads the Boston Modern Orchestra Project with panache and discernable enthusiasm."
— Victor Carr Jr., Classics Today on Lucas Foss' Griffelkin (Chandos 10067, 5/2003)

"Gil Rose keeps the performance zinging along, singing a song, as merry as can be. The opera is a triumph, and so is the recording!"
— Charles H. Parsons, American Record Guide on Lucas Foss' Griffelkin (Chandos 10067, 5/2003)

"The cast sings and acts with commitment under Gil Rose."
— Simon Trezise, Opera Now on Lucas Foss' Griffelkin (Chandos 10067, 5/2003)

"This is a genuine find. The performances seem splendid, and the recordings balance the elements of live and electronic sound with great sensitivity. This is one of the most exciting discoveries of my tenure at Fanfare and one I recommend enthusiastically."
— Fanfare on Eric Chasalow's Left to his Own Devices (New World 80601, 2/2003)

"The Boston Modern Orchestra Project delivers stirring and virtuosic performances under Gil Rose."
— Victor Carr Jr., Classics Today on George Rochberg's Black Sounds (Naxos 8.559120, 10/2002)

"Powerfully and unrelentingly direct in expression, [Black Sounds] receives a tightly argued performance from conductor Gil Rose and his virtuoso musicians, who maintain an extraordinary degree of tension throughout these riveting 17 minutes."
— Michael Fine, Fanfare on George Rochberg's Black Sounds (Naxos 8.559120, 10/2002)


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