“Within Adams’s symphonic feast, one hears high energy rhythmic virtuosity recalling that of Franz Waxman’s Sunset Boulevard (1950) prelude, towering alto saxophone solos mastered to the bone by Timothy McAllister…”
Jari KallioAIM- Adventures in Music (March 2024)
“…Anemology pushes the boundaries of sounds normally associated with the saxophone…an intriguing way for McAllister to adapt his musical color and character, and he excelled at making the unusual techniques beautiful and expressive…McAllister soared through Mackey’s long, evocative melodies.”
Sara M.K. Neal
Utah Arts Review
[Critics’ Picks: Musical Must-Haves for your holiday list: John Adams, Saxophone Concerto, City Noir] “Adams conjures up the seductive yet dangerous swagger of postwar Los Angeles…McAllister, the virtuoso and stylistically nimble saxophonist, lights up this recording…”
Brian McCollum and Mark Stryker
Detroit Free Press (12/14/14)
“The LA Philharmonic played beautifully throughout the performance (indeed, through the entire evening), with notable solo work from Timothy McAllister on saxophone…”
Robert D. Thomas
Music Critic, Pasadena Star-News
“4 out of 5 stars–the saxophone concerto is playfully smoochy…Adams demonstrates how well he understands the instrument, and McAllister how well he can play it…”
Andrew Clark
The Financial Times (UK) (June 2014)
“Soloist Timothy McAllister proved brilliantly up to the enormous demands — vast spreads of pitches, disjunct lines that wanted to be as lyrical as possible and some dazzling scurries.”
Scott Cantrell
The Dallas Morning News (4/25/12)
“No doubt this disc will be much studied and admired by saxophonists and certainly deserves hearing among a still wider audience…remarkably good and thought provoking”
Robert McColley
Fanfare Magazine - Review of Visions