Browse: Instrumental, Carter, E (composer)

The title 'Caprices' belies the serious rapport which Arditti nurtured over decades with Carter, Nunes, Boulez and Sciarrino…The works, too, are hardly whimsical but represent a quarter-century... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Textures are pared down to their essence, a quality exemplified in the abundance of perfectly turned little miniatures for one or two instruments...All these things, whether tiny and serene or... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

One could expect Pierre-Laurent Aimard's account of Gaspard de la nuit to have pleased the composer mightily: totally focused and attentive to the text, scrupulously controlled in sound and movement,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Discs like this are vital, reminding us of the importance of music today as well as referencing earlier epochs, reframing works we thought we knew so well. The recording, in itself a work of... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2020 More…

The flute-and-guitar repertoire may be small but one cannot say it doesn't cater for all tastes...[the Shankar] is mesmerising and, like the programme as a whole, a kaleidoscope of infinite colours... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…