Gaffigan, Dallas Symphony and Chorus bring out the dark brilliance of 'The Bells'

“Gaffigan reveled in the work’s array of orchestral effects, all the while carefully pacing the dramatic drive…In the second movement, “The Mellow Wedding Bells,” Gaffigan repeatedly created the sense of the soloist and the chorus emerging magically out of the orchestral texture…[Yefim Bronfman] and Gaffigan partnered to create the apt sense of Liszt’s gigantic ego distilled into a twenty-minute essay in piano technique and showmanship…”

— Texas Classical Review