Browse: Chamber, 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…

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…

[Rothko Chapel is] a passionate, reverent piece with elegiac playing here from violist Kim Kashkashian – she paints bolder strokes than many dare in Feldman, which is refreshing. The Houston... — The Guardian, 19th November 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Intégrales proves an energetic opener for this survey of the city from the eminent, Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain, lucidly conducted by their music director, Matthias Pintscher. Likewise... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 3 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 when... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 5 out of 5 stars 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…

I’d call this is a fine sampling of a highly able ensemble who on the evidence so far presented (this is their sixth recording) are as promising as any around. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2022 More…