Presto Recordings of the Year, Ligeti (composer)

This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With their exhilarating brilliance and mesmerising beauty, these pieces have captured the imagination of players and audiences alike...These works are here to stay, in the distinguished line... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

what comes across in all this music is [Ligeti's] unerring ear for colour and harmony. The performances by Baldur Brönnimann and the Norwegian BIT20 Ensemble are brilliant throughout. An indispensable... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The main interpretative obstacle in the First Quartet is how to gauge the progression of its first three movement so the finale is a culmination without obliterating that went before. The Belcea... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

perhaps most striking are the dazzling realisations of three harpsichord pieces by Gyorgy Ligeti. These eclectic soundscapes are splahsed with the exotic colours of Hungarian folk music and... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

individually, they play with attractive timbre and immaculate intonation and articulation. Collectively, they blend their colours with great finesse, within dynamics ranging from cushioned pianissimo... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bleuse draws playing of greater spontaneity if only slightly less precision than Pierre Boulez in that previous EIC recording of the Chamber Concerto...this is a persuasive means for getting... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…