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The work was championed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - and he could hardly wish for a better successor here than Christian Gerhaher: gentler, more intimate and less magisterial than Fischer-Dieskau,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A friend of mine told me that this was a perfect ECM disc. It certainly ticks all the boxes, from the exquisite, monochrome sleeve art to Manfred Eicher’s typically sensitive production. And... — The Arts Desk, 21st January 2012 More…

Five stars for mostly reissued music might seem generous, but the way this set has been assembled creates transporting new narratives – or meditations – from sequences that were never meant... — The Guardian, 25th July 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In the first two string quartets – composed in 1983-84 (there is a third from 1993) – and the short Testament of 2004 dedicated to ECM's Manfred Eicher, the influence of Bartók looms large,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…