PRINT MEDIA + BLOGS

“… marvelous… a powerful performance.” - Pitchfork on Restless

“Performed with supreme delicacy, Larson's rendering expresses heartfelt affection” - Textura on American Dream

Concert / Album Reviews:

2021:

• Gramophone Magazine reviews Dark Days.

• The Wire reviews the Dark Days release show.

• The New York Times includes the Dark Days release show on it’s ‘Top 10 Classical Concerts to Stream’ List.

• The New Yorker recommends the Dark Days release show to listeners.

• Textura reviews Dark Days.

• Bandcamp Daily reviews Dark Days.

• The Road to Sound reviews Dark Days.

• The Road to Sound interviews Karl Larson and Scott Wollschleger.

• Sequenza21 reviews Dark Days.

• An Earful includes Dark Days on its ‘Best of 2021 (so far)’ list.

• An Earful reviews Dark Days.

• The Whole Note reviews Dark Days.

• Percorsi Musicali reviews Dark Days.

• Lark Reviews reviews Dark Days.

• AllMusic reviews Dark Days.

• Take Effect Reviews reviews Dark Days.

• Musical America reviews Dark Days.

• Midwest Record reviews Dark Days.

2020:

• An Earful includes Restless and American Dream in it’s ‘top 100 albums of the decade’ list

• The Log reviews Bearthoven’s 2020 New Works program at LPR

• An Earful reviews Bearthoven’s 2020 ‘New Works’ performance at LPR

2019

• Limelight reviews American Dream

• Textura reviews American Dream

• Peter Margasak includes American Dream in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: February 2019’ list

• Ethan Iverson reviews American Dream

• Avant Media News reviews American Dream

• Classical Modern Music Review reviews American Dream

• An Earful reviews American Dream

• The Art Music Lounge reviews American Dream

2018

• Peter Margasak includes An Economy of Means in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: 2018’ list

• La Nacion previews Bearthoven’s 2018 performance at the Ciclo de Conciertos de Música Contemporánea in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Página 12 reviews 2018 performance at the Ciclo de Conciertos de Música Contemporánea in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Notinac previews Bearthoven’s 2018 performance at the Ciclo de Conciertos de Música Contemporánea in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Infobae reviews Bearthoven’s 2018 performance at the Ciclo de Conciertos de Música Contemporánea in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Peter Margasak includes An Economy of Means in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: June 2018’ list

• The Brightly Off Colored Discophile reviews An Economy of Means

• I Care If You Listen - Five Questions to Scott Wollschleger re: Karl Larson’s performance of the composer’s complete works for piano

2017

• Alex Ross includes Soft Aberration in the New Yorker’s ‘Notable Performances and Recordings of 2017’ list. 

• Textura reviews Soft Aberration

• Limelight reviews Soft Aberration

• I Care If You Listen reviews Soft Aberration

• The Arts Fuse reviews Soft Aberration

• Avant Music News reviews Soft Aberration

• Peter Margasak includes Soft Aberration in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: November 2017’ list

• The Observer includes Trios on its Top 10 Experimental Albums of 2017

• Peter Margasak includes Trios in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: May/June 2017’ list

• Second Inversion reviews Trios

• I Care If You Listen reviews Trios

• I Care If You Listen reviews Bearthoven’s 2017 Trios release show

• The New York Music Daily reviews Trios

• Quest Magazine reviews Bearthoven’s Trios release show

• Peter Margasak includes Restless in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: January 2017’ list

2016

• Pitchfork reviews Restless, awards a 7.9 rating

• The New York Music Daily reviews Restless

• Classical Modern Music Review reviews Restless

• The Arts Fuse reviews Restless

• The New Music Buff reviews Restless

• Albany Jazz reviews Bearthoven’s 2016 performance at EMPAC

• Peter Margasak includes Book of Notions in his ‘Best of Bandcamp: November 2016’ list

2015

• The New York Times reviews the world premiere of Meditation on Dust

Concert / Album Previews:

2020

• Classical Post interviews Bearthoven / previews TV Dinners Series

• David DuPont previews Bearthoven’s performance at BGSU’s ‘Music at the Forefront Series’

2016

• Columbus Alive previews Bearthoven’s 2016 performance at the Short North Stage

• The Daily Gazette previews Bearthoven’s 2016 performance at EMPAC

2014

• The Columbus Dispatch previews Bearthoven’s 2014 performance at the Short North Stage