CD, Gál, H (composer)

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…

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…

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…

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…

Once again, Zehetmair shows hiumself a natural Schubert interpreter, his association with the Northern Sinfonia paying hadsome dividends in this lithe and fluent account...a fine modern interpretation... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 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... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 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…