Browse: Anja Lechner (cello)

relaxed, vaguely ethnic, New Age background music in which one piece segues imperceptibly into the next and rough edges are smoothed away...listeners in search of a mood of limpid repose could... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…

Silvestrov presents compositional tour de force in this intriguing programme…this musical concoction somehow casts a magical spell, drawing you into the intimacy of Silvestrov’s musical language... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A friend of mine told me that this was a perfect ECM disc. It certainly ticks all the boxes, from the exquisite, monochrome sleeve art to Manfred Eicher’s typically sensitive production. And... — The Arts Desk, 21st January 2012 More…

Five stars for mostly reissued music might seem generous, but the way this set has been assembled creates transporting new narratives – or meditations – from sequences that were never meant to... — The Guardian, 25th July 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The collection actively explores the titular notion of lontano – or ‘afar’ – by examining music emanating from beyond the Western classical canon, as well as Bach and Henri Dutilleux’s ‘Prelude... — Jazzwise, December 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…