Download, Cage (composer)

you can’t but be stunned by the fearless skill of Sigvards Klava’s choir as they navigate the most jagged, fragmented notes and pitches – the musical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest just... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Chamayou’s performance of all of them, each complex rhythm razor sharp, every phrase perfectly articulated, is exemplary. It’s a fabulous disc, a true revelation. — The Guardian, 20th June 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…Saariaho's combination of instruments with live electronics comes up as fresh as ever… it's… the vibrant quality of the playing from Norway's premiere new music quartet - never ugly, even... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Fuelled by a trip to Tunis, the two inner movements are imbued with ‘all the strangeness of Africa’ according to Antheil, and Kopatchinskaja is in thrall to their mercurial fantasy. She’s also... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

An attractive programme of 20th-century American music, moments of choral weight and exposed fragility alike approached with great individuality. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2014 More…

Signe Asmussen is the dramatic soprano in Ginastera’s Cantata para América mágica — treatments, often tumultuous, of pre-Columbian texts. By contrast, Cage’s First Construction (in Metal) is... — Sunday Times, 14th February 2021 More…

For Ilić there are unmistakeable lines of continuity rather than division...[he] makes his case with unfaltering poise...Ilić is well recorded and will prompt even the most enterprising musicians... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…