Composers in Person (2008)

Schitterende release van in de jaren 90 onder gelijknamige titel verschenen cd's met belangwekkende opname's waarin de componist zelf als solist of dirigent optreedt. Opnames van o.m. Messiaen, Bartok, Elgar, Stravinsky, etc. 'Whatever the technical shortcomings of many recordings in this anthology - most were made 50 years ago - and whatever the occasional limitations of the composers performing, there is no doubt that this archive offers a wonderful glimpse of music in the hands of its creators, rather than re-creators. The music comes across as delightfully unpredictable, fresh, intense, suprisingly unpretentious and decidedly wayward, as if it were being created on the spot (...)' (Julian Anderson, schrijver van het begeleidende boekwerk-essay)