Adams, J: Road Movies for violin & piano

“Angele Dubeau and the Canadian ensemble La Pieta bring affection, precision, and a programme that makes a persuasive narrative from these three works which had yet to feature on one disc...In Shaker Loops the tone is of watchful expectation, prayerful simplicity and vibrant grace. La Pieta colours Adams's filament of sound delicately” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 ****

“Shaker Loops, top notch. La Pieta's unstoppable rhythmic impetus is just what's needed to shake Adams's obstinate, tremulous melodic loops into being...there's absolute understanding between performer and composer as the performance motors towards its violently intense climax.” Classic FM Magazine, July 2011 ***

“Russo’s approach was mesmeric” Gramophone

“You'd think such repetitive, obsessively patterned music wouldn’t allow much in the way of interpretative freedom, but in fact the two recordings are markedly different. On the whole the performances on the Black Box CD are more soft-edged and meditative. The most startling difference is in the sleepy pastoral that is the middle movement of Road Movies. Played by James Ehnes and Andrew Russo on Black Box, this emerges as a dark-toned, searching piece; played by Leila Josefovich and John Novacek on Nonesuch it has a playful, sexy edge.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 ****