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Naxos's super-bargain price foray into the contemporary repertory is all the more commendable for managing to include Lutoslawski's finest late work, the Symphony No.4 (1992)...Antoni Wit's... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Juxtaposing Lutospawski's early Symphony No 1 with the late Chantefleurset Chantefables reinforces the fundamentally French associations of this composer's very personal musical voice; to contemplate... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The disc is worth its price for the performance of the Robert Desnos song-cycle Chantefleurs et Chantefables alone, a sequence of bejewelled miniatures, gorgeously sung by Valdine Anderson,... — The Guardian, 28th October 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The faster carols have the same sort of energy and modality that you find in Kodály… it's a lovely collection of pieces for dipping into, and they're affectionately performed and recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is an excellent disc; fine music, well played and recorded, and all at the special Naxos price. The earliest composition, Livre (1968), was the first work completed by Lutospawski after... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

An excellent disc at bargain price. — BBC Music Magazine More…

You can really hear the members of the Tippett Quartet listening keenly to each other as they weave their seemingly effortless magic [in the Lutoslawski]. A much recorded piece, but this is... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…