Browse: CD, Gál, H (composer)

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…

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…

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…

This is a major discovery, and clarinettist Shelly Levy makes a sympathetic champion-plangent in her bottom register and accompanied by a quartet whose wide-grained tone quality suits this music... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 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 is not Annette-Barbara Vogel's first Gál recording...Her new account is more assured still, more relaxed in allowing the music's inner volatility without trying too hard… — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 More…