Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (Live)

“Despite its large temporal scale, the music's understated character lends it an inviting intimacy, and engagement never falters when the moment-by-moment directions the music takes are unpredictable. While the path it follows might be impossible to predict, it never feels random. Even if it seems as if the music is meandering, the path it pursues is carefully delineated by the score.”

“Similar to standing before a Jackson Pollock painting, don't try it intellectualize it. Just allow it to seep in. And as you do so, your consciousness begins to embrace the lack of structure, embrace the flow that is sound and non-sound. Of course, the recording by Brendon Heinst is of superb quality as always. So that is a pure delight.”

“The enchantment so essential in this music flows from the transporting engagement in which evocation and expression constantly reach out to each other. This is undoubtedly one of the best performances of Feldman's Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and the recording by Brendon Heinst is exemplary.”

“It is often the case that Morton Feldman's delicate music always takes a while to reach the ear from the instruments. But once it arrives, its intense activity develops in certain areas of the brain, and you listen with fascination to the gradual sequence of chords and changes that unfold, not wanting to miss anything.”