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[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…

This is an enchanting CD, every item a sheer delight. Margaret Leng Tan worked with Cage in the last decade of his life, and her earlier recordings show a special sympathy for Cage's keyboard... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

The title El último aliento is taken from the final piece by Carlos Moscardini ( b1959) and roughly translates as ‘ the last breath’. With understated intensity it neatly summarises the whole,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

He has a fabulous ear for unusual sonorities, which he fashions into surprisingly logical narratives...Böse Zellen, in particular, is a truly original work, vigorously performed and captured... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Thomas Zehetmair coaxes his French players to produce warmly nuanced playing in this spirited account of the Spring Symphony…the orchestra works absolutely in tandem with the superb Zehetmair... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Lislevand and his colleagues manage to create music that sings and is full of grace, feeling and lyricism...these fine performances - fresh, animated, elegant and virtuosic without being flashy... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

the string quartet Israel (2004) is much the most substantial work - its range of playing techniques allied to a harmonic content such as denotes this composer's interest in combining idioms... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015More…

Much of Silvestrov's music since the mid-1970s has been a requiem in all but name – a rite of regret and consolation for music and for the hopes and dreams of modern consciousness. So it's no... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…