Classical Music Magazine Cover Story
(April 2002)
"Unlike most of the world-class musicians today, Kreger tends to keep a remarkably low profile. He demands of himself the highest level of artistic quality, and he does not agree with the high-powered commercial approach to classical music marketing, which tends to standardize everything in the public perception. He deeply believes that a musician's "voice" is his/her personal trademark and soul."
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Compact Disc Classics Interview
Meeting the Interpreters (December/January 2002)
"James Kreger, the American virtuoso, explains his musical philosophy. His recent recording devoted to the Dvorak and Herbert cello concertos, which follows by one year the CD devoted to Mendelssohn - enthusiastically reviewed in this magazine - gave us the right opportunity for a short conversation with James Kreger, soloist of great sensitivity and warmth..."
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Scriabin: Master of Sound - Door to the Universe
By James Kreger
"My first exposure to the music of Scriabin goes back to my childhood years, when I purchased my first Vladimir Horowitz recording, the recital commemorating the 25th anniversary of his American debut at Carnegie Hall. It contains three works by Scriabin: Sonata No. 9 in one movement, Op. 68; Étude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 8, No. 7; and Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5. There are no words to adequately describe the sense of transport I experienced upon listening to these magnificent works for the first time..."
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Fanfare Magazine Interview:
A Conversation with Cellist James Kreger (July/August 2002)
"If your only exposure to classical musicians is through the major-label CDs that dominate the retail shelves, a great many highly active, well regarded but only intermittently recorded players are escaping your attention. Consider New York-based cellist James Kreger, who took a top prize at the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and boasts a thick file of testimonials from the likes of Zara Nelsova, Garrick Ohlsson, Eugene Drucker, Michael Tilson Thomas, James Galway, and Carlos Kleiber..."
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