Browse: Chamber, Takemitsu (composer)

Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s a special treat to have two of the younger generation’s most interesting artists championing the Walker as its existing discography is so very limited. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

Here's another enlightened programme from the young German Schumann Quartet...Haydn's Sunrise is freshly radiant in their hands, the Menuett almost swung with an elastic rhythmic bounce, the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Takemitsu's work in the final decade of his life was gentle, full of tenderness, sentiment and sighs. But he never entirely discarded the starker beauty of his earlier work. Air distills much... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

There’s plenty of dexterous playing in this selection of works dedicated to this flute and guitar duo’s home country of Sardinia. From Takemitsu to CastelnuovoTedesco, this programme is well... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This album’s title, ‘Dreamtime’, suggests a programme of quiet listening – a slew of soothing adagios, perhaps – but it’s actually nothing of the sort...Whether Mozart had a ‘Romantic vision’... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…