ECM

…Apollon Musagète is the most substantial work on the disc, and the performance is characterised by impeccable balance, lithe phrasing and some effective solo playing, especially from the leader.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

...the whole soundscape glitters with detail, delicious collisions between baroque and contemporary improvisational ideas, and some startlingly effective sounds. Add an immaculate ECM recording,... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 10th January 2006More…

Holliger's Contrechamps, in particular, is a veritable compendium of clarinet effects, including several uncanny moments when the clarinet seems to play parallel chords...Reto Bieri makes all... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

[Messiaen’s] distinctively pungent harmonies and ecstatic resolutions are all here, but in a span which takes us through a rich range of places and times of day, from nocturnal mystery to the... — MusicWeb International, 8th January 2014More…

with harmonics as a constant defining factor, the music's atmosphere, as the Quartetto Promoteo's first-rate performance shows, is forever haunting. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2013More…