Navona Records (2023)
Best of August 2023
canthisevenbecalledmusic.com (United States of America – North America)
Navona Records (2021)
“String Quartet ‘Euphoria’ follows with violins, viola and cello dancing around each other with much skill and adventurousness”
takeeffectreviews.com (United States of America – North America)
“The piece by Santiago Kodela, ‘Euphoria’, is short yet very dynamic”
Nieuwe Noten (Netherlands – Europe)
“There are a number of pieces for string quartet, played by the Benda Quartet. They are the best part of this necessarily mixed program”
American Record Guide (United States of America – North America)
Navona Records (2021)
“To single out a few solo piano pieces that stay in the mind…the finale is. Bewildered Soliloquies, a high voltage trio by Santiago Kodela”
classicalmodernmusic.blogspot.com (United States of America – North America)
Navona Records (2020)
“A sociopolitical dimension also emerges in Kodela’s The Gulag Within, with its music and text inspired by the tragic events that occurred within the communist Soviet forced labor camp system during the twentieth century…Kodela stresses the fundamental value of each human being, in his case through the use of unusual modulations in harmony, melody, and rhythm.”
textura.org (Canada – North America)
“The Gulag Within, with lyrics and music by Kodela, reveals with inexorable clarity the various facets of the dilemmas that concern human beings.”
sonograma.org (Spain – Europe)
Navona Records (2019)
“Further along, Two Lords is divided into 3 parts, each with world class guitar playing from Santiago Kodela…”
takeeffectreviews.com (United States of America – North America)
“…Patterns is a fascinating collection of new music that will reward repeated exploration of the different music included here”
maestrosteve.xanga.com (United States of America – North America)
Top 10 Compilation Albums (2019) – PATTERNS #9
textura.org (Canada – North America)
“The piece’s three movements progress from the darkly toned Of Textures through the relaxing Of Colours to the rhythmically rich, upbeat Of Mechanics”
musicisthekey2.blogspot.com2019 (Spain – Europe)
“In this all-acoustic collection, the seven composers show how truly unlimited the range of possibilities is within the contemporary chamber music realm”
textura.org (Canada – North America)
“The pattern is completed with impeccable production and performances. Great, great, great!”
thewholenote.com (Canada – North America)