Browse: Riley (composer)

The impression given is of a mercurial improvisation by Silverman, an ideal narrator for what amounts to a kaleidoscopic musical autobiography…Riley revels in his gargantuan resources, particularly... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Perhaps the most interesting of them is Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector, which was the first piece Riley composed for the Kronos in 1980; if the music is rooted in Riley’s experience... — The Guardian, 27th July 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The pulse is discreetly shunted towards the background, utterly charming the senses with an often delicate mechanism of light pizzicato strings and mallet percussion...This performance deals... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Dubbed Minimalism's most seminal work, In C might more accurately be credited with kick-starting interest in repetitive minimalism/trance music. Intriguingly, its now-celebrated… Riley provides... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

their works sound remarkably fresh, thanks in no9 small part to Ars Nova’s refined naturalness of delivery…the soundworld is generally post-minimal – and the singing immaculate…the highlight... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…