Browse: Elcock (composer)

most pieces here speak powerfully enough to justify the back cover's claim that the project 'transforms love into something you can hear'. Some stretch far beyond their shortish span...You won't... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Paul Mann and his Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra make a splendid case for this demanding music, and I cannot imagine the music being better served than it is here. — Fanfare, March/April 2021 More…

Although Elcock’s distinctive musical universe sounds not quite like that of any other composer, there are influences from such diverse composers as Mahler, Simpson, Nielsen, Pettersson, and... — Fanfare, November 2020 More…

The performances are marvellous. The Veles Ensemble – a string trio – play throughout, with clarinettist Peter Cigleris the pick of their colleagues helping bring this terrific music to life. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

The Tippett Quartet is a simply amazing ensemble, surely the perfect quartet for introducing these seminal works. They draw the listener into the composer’s sound world, convincing him that their... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…

the Siberian Symphony Orchestra under the well-thought-out leadership of conductor Dmitry Vasiliev presents all three works in superb fashion, doing full justice to Elcock’s demanding scores. — Fanfare, September/October 2022 More…