Saunders, R

Three visceral, experimental works by the brilliant British composer Rebecca Saunders are performed live, with every instrument pushed to its limit. A real experiment with textures and timbres. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

At a difficult time for UK new music...what a welcome relief this album is, the engrossing solo debut by Juliet Fraser, one of England’s premiere contemporary musicians. All the better that it... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

Saunders explores the sculptural properties of sound, focusing on contrasting and complementary timbre rather than traditional harmony...Juliet Fraser is the spiralling soloist in Skin; swaggering... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is the latest in Klangforum Wien’s lockdown ‘Solo’ series, with works for one performer. Each track – performed by a different instrument – plays with silence and extreme dynamics in a deliciously... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the album's title-work by Rebecca Saunders is an interior monologue which, thanks to Ballon's advocacy, seems to bypass the executant and travel deep within the mind and body of the instrument:... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

There's hardly any break on the disc between the suitably irascible Choler for two pianos of 2004 and the more discursive solo Crimson, completed the following year, suggesting close connections... — The Guardian, 1st August 2008, 2 out of 5 stars More…