CD, Takemitsu (composer)

A celebration of the love affair enjoyed between composers and America, this is a winning collection of works which demands repeated listening. Craig Urquhart’s Lamentation for Flute and Orchestra... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Lucy Humphris’s debut album is a fascinating showpiece of her not inconsiderable technical abilities...Good, clear sound and a fascinating listen overall. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

In everything from the Goldbergs to Takemitsu – taking in the Diabellis along the way – he illuminates music I should know better. The lucidity of his thought, translated to the keyboard with... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2020 More…

Here, in one convenient box, are all of Marin Alsop’s Bernstein recordings for Naxos–eight CDs worth–performances as fine as Bernstein’s own, and sometimes even better. This version of Mass,... — Classics Today More…

A bejewelled performance of Andriessen's haunting Miroir de Peine is framed by hypnotic Takemitsu (Nostalghia) and a majestic but underpowered Tchaikovsky Serenade. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Where comparisons exist, Alsop is neater than the man himself. She knows how to swing but never over-eggs the pudding…There’s more to the set than quotation-spotting. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

Full marks to Nimbus for variety. The danger is that three such different composers, combined in a way you'd never expect in a concert, will cancel each other out. Fortunately, the performances... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…