| … PLATCH reveals a wonderful sensitivity and articulacy. ... this ... "music" is causing severe annoyance... interludes that are absolutely maddening… interminable CACAPHONY … a moving lament… unforgettable piece that grippes attention from beginning to end… a piece that while thoroughly contemporary in tone communicates with an expressive fervour as unmistakable as a Rachmaninov symphony …. ethereally beautiful, the violin soulfully keening in its highest register over a very slowly evolving orchestral murmur …. striking, sonorous timbral effects Langer's score is allusive, multilayered and often hauntingly beautiful. The timbral variety achieved from modest chamber forces is impressive and the vocal writing is subtly nuanced while always providing a suitable vehicle for the text
… an enticing sonic tapestry, pitched midway between the expressive avant-garde tumult of Berio and the rough and tumble of folk music … dark poetry of Elena Langer's Late Autumn Lullaby II Sound and Vision … the hovering atmospherics of Elena Langer's Late Autumn Lullaby II … Langer's ideas lodge in mind - hugely talented and a name to watch …rich and suggestive score. Definitely one for revival … atmospheric music written with real skill ... Rain-bows light up the [Canterbury] Cathedral Nave …Langer's taut, terse score … the exciting Ariadne … Reflection, a graceful and intuitive piece Elena Langer's Transformations is well-paced as it moves from bright lyricism to wild-edged aggression and back again
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