Press and reviews
In Bsch's footsteps
Bladet Optakt, artikel (Danish):
På cykeltur med Bach
P2 Puls interview (Danish):
I Bachs fodspor
Norddeutcher Rundfunk Radio interview (German):
Listen here
NDR.de interview (German):
Read here
FOCUS article (German):
Mit Bach und Rückenwind
Welt.de article (German):
Cellistin radelt auf den Spuren von Bach durch Norden
Wendland-net.de article (German):
Mit Bach und Rückenwind
SVZ.de article (German):
Radeln auf den Spuren von Bach
Videos from Musik magazine 'Crescendo':
50 km along the Elbe video
Part of panel of judges in 'P2 Søndagsklassikeren' - radioprogram (Danish)
Vært: Frank Jensen
Beetovens 6. symfoni 18. juni 2017
Reviews
In Bach's footsteps Salzwedel:
Just as I was leaving, I learned that classical and baroque multi-instrumentalist Ida Riegels had graciously invited people in for one final set. The ceilings may have been low, and the dryness of the acoustic hardly tailor-made for baroque instruments, but Riegels' baroque recorder playing music from Corelli's La Folia provided a welcome breath of fresh air after so much fine and not so fine canned sound. I extend thank yous to Riegel and show promoter Constantine Soo for music that satisfied far beyond the demands of the obligatory "live reference."
Stereo Times
Riegels signature piece is the beautiful and haunting four movement Variation she has written of Japanese composer Rentaro Taki’s Moon over Ruined Castle. Sony emptied their own High Resolution Audio suite to attend and record one of Ida’s concerts on the new PCM-D100 portable DSD recorder. The unit’s designer, Takaai Hashimoto, personally provided the engineering hands on. The recording was no less amazing than the effect her rendition of Moon had over the Sonyites, especially when they learned of Ida’s summiting of Mt Fuji last summer during a trip to Japan.
Riegels is the real(s) deal, no doubt about it, and her impact will surely be felt again here in California at next years CAS, if not before. Hats off to CAS organizer and Dagogo publisher Constantine Soo for having the vision to realize the value of adding intimate venue high quality acoustic classical music to his audiophile gathering.