CD, Gál, H (composer)

A skittering Piano Quartet, a Piano Suite that deftly traverses the emotional spectrum from a decorous Minuet to a funereal Sarabande and an unashamedly neoclassical Piano Concertino. All remind... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If you think of Korngold, you’ll be in the right area: lush harmonies, soaring melodies and an expert compositional technique. The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/5 out of 5 stars More…

This is not Annette-Barbara Vogel's first Gál recording...Her new account is more assured still, more relaxed in allowing the music's inner volatility without trying too hard… — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 More…

This is a major discovery, and clarinettist Shelly Levy makes a sympathetic champion-plangent in her bottom register and accompanied by a quartet whose wide-grained tone quality suits this... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Thomas Albertus Irnberger, who has an impressive array of recordings to his name, is another persuasive advocate for this lyrical, light-filled work....in the D major he has a winning way with... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

superb teamwork...His genial music is reminiscent of Poulenc without the enlivening cheeky humour. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s a much more expansive composition than the title might suggest, with three substantial movements, that demonstrate impeccable craftsmanship and a tightly-knit organisation of thematic material…Matthew... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ensemble Epomeo provide ravishing accounts of both Gal works, fully in sympathy with the idiom...A splendid disc that I cannot get enough of. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 More…