Gál, H

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,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/5 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…

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…

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…

This fascinating programme of early twentieth-century songs (many of them by composers condemned as purveyors of ‘degenerate’ music by the Nazis) struck me as a sort of alternative Das Lied... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, July 2018 More…

…the works recorded here all display a determined individuality and sureness of purpose that is rare in music of the 20th century. …Leon McCawley proves to be a totally sympathetic and insightful... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…