Browse: Gál, H (composer)

If you think of Korngold, you’ll be in the right area: lush harmonies, soaring melodies and an expert compositional technique. The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection, following... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/5 out of 5 stars More…

the soundworld here is a rich, late Romantic expressionism – beautifully rendered by the warm, full sound of the Sinfonietta Riga and some committed solo performances. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This world premiere recording…is an important act of restitution. Gál’s score, recalling in places Mahler and the Strauss of Ariadne auf Naxos yet possessed of its own voice, may not have sounded... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A skittering Piano Quartet, a Piano Suite that deftly traverses the emotional spectrum from a decorous Minuet to a funereal Sarabande and an unashamedly neoclassical Piano Concertino. All remind... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Orchestra of the Swan provide a quietly compelling account, relishing the many solos, duos and textural intricacies that Gal wrings from his orchestra. Their account of Schumann's C major... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 More…

Woods directs a highly polished account [of Triptych] but the orchestral playing throughout is most assured. Avie's sound is excellent but it is the music that compels attention. Strongly recommended. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 More…