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I'd argue that no other Cage percussion disc reconnects us with the shock of how Cage questioned every cliche about music, and why people should want to create it, as powerfully. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

The work of American experimentalists, especially Cage's music of the 1940s, gave Zimmermann his starting point...The musical means may change...but the pared-down, almost self-denying character... — The Guardian, 29th November 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The half-hour pieces "Four6" and "One7"...offer the most aurally satisfying realisations here. Included are two versions of the silent piece "4' 33", one performed with the windows shut, the... — The Independent, 30th September 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This massed flute music is mesmerising in the extreme — Gramophone Magazine, June 2011 More…

what struck me is how fresh and strong all these pieces come up...it’s very clean and clear...I found it exciting hearing this again, which I wasn’t expecting to...fine performances and recording. — CD Review, 31st January 2015 More…

It's surprising that Five Take-Offs are not better known...The second one, 'Rough and Ready', is certainly that and O'Donnell is a match for everything. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 More…

Intensely rhythmic and dramatically sculpted, the piece represents the "animal" side of the contrabass, which here sounds at times like marimba and clarinet but also has access to deep, abyssal... — The Independent, 7th January 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…