Browse: Saunders, R (composer)

Three visceral, experimental works by the brilliant British composer Rebecca Saunders are performed live, with every instrument pushed to its limit. A real experiment with textures and timbres. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

At a difficult time for UK new music...what a welcome relief this album is, the engrossing solo debut by Juliet Fraser, one of England’s premiere contemporary musicians. All the better that it... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

Saunders explores the sculptural properties of sound, focusing on contrasting and complementary timbre rather than traditional harmony...Juliet Fraser is the spiralling soloist in Skin; swaggering... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is the latest in Klangforum Wien’s lockdown ‘Solo’ series, with works for one performer. Each track – performed by a different instrument – plays with silence and extreme dynamics in a deliciously... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the album's title-work by Rebecca Saunders is an interior monologue which, thanks to Ballon's advocacy, seems to bypass the executant and travel deep within the mind and body of the instrument:... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…