‘The two soloists are agile, incisive and impassioned’
BBC Music Magazine
‘A remarkably evocative showcase for one of the most adventurous violinists around’
BBC Radio 3
‘Spell-binding performance by Irish violinist Darragh Morgan’
Limelight
‘Violinist Darragh Morgan’s impressively poised and immaculately controlled performance does much to tease out these temporal nuances’
Gramophone Magazine
‘Morgan’s versatility and technical brilliance is evident throughout the recordings… a hallmark of his career’
Journal of Music
‘It had the soloist Darragh Morgan weaving a gold-wire lattice against bursts of electronic white noise’
The Spectator
‘Morgan and Dullea are musicians who plainly cherish the diverse gifts placed in their hands; their performances are consistently alert and alive across the breadth of styles and, indeed, time scales’
Paul Griffiths, Words on Music
‘Tilbury makes a fine partner… Morgan’s playing is impeccably judged and graded’
The Strad
‘Morgan and Dullea resulted in an utterly gripping sound-world of breath-taking delicacy and serenity’
Irish Times
‘Darragh Morgan and John Tilbury are ideal interpreters… the music sounds organic and spontaneous’
Journal of Music
‘This was a remarkable performance… in a very exposed spotlight for just under 90 minutes’
Seen and Heard International
‘Unerring composure, and their tonal variation evoked hints of a Messiaen-like quiet ecstasy…’
The Strad
‘“Definitive” isn’t a word to be brandished lightly but the sheer sonic loveliness of Tilbury’s softer-than-soft softs and Morgan’s salamander zigzag slide around Feldman’s self-renewing lines is, you guessed it, matchless.’
Gramophone Magazine
‘new music wizard’
The Strad
‘A performer who is a creative catalyst for so many new pieces and so many composers…’
Tom Service, BBC Radio 3
‘Violin is a site of adventure for Darragh Morgan… The Irish violinist performs compositions that unite the instrument’s sweet acoustic timbre with electronics… In the process, Morgan presents a vision of the breadth of composition for violin and electronics’
The Quietus
‘The intuitive partnership resulted in breath-taking delicacy and serenity’ Irish Times
‘Irish violinist Darragh Morgan in the early 1960s Violin Phase gave fresh, vital life to this energised example of pure minimalism’
The Scotsman
‘For Violin and Electronics is exactly the kind of startling, thought-provoking album that can draw in listeners unfamiliar with classical music, old or new, but open to adventurous sounds’
Bandcamp Editorial
‘Composer and soloist seamlessly integrate the violin into an industrial soundscape – a brilliant resolution of electro-acoustic composition's inherent conflicts...an excellent album’
Andrew Hamilton, Sounds like Now
‘It is a rare, stupendous, and overwhelmingly promising feat when the first track of an album brings you to tears… Darragh Morgan’s confident, verve-filled performance is a true bedrock and constant… instinctive musicality… “the perfect dance partner with the computer”’
Interlude
‘Performances are as perceptive as one would expect from musicians committed to commissioning and performing new music… a disc deserving wide exposure’
Gramophone Magazine
‘Darragh Morgan delivers a delicate performance alive to nuance and control… maintaining refined sound and clarity over 90 minutes of exposed material’
The Strad
‘But in these times, there’s time, and it passes swiftly as this hushed, slow music weaves a compelling spell, thanks to the rapt concentration of the violinist Darragh Morgan and the pianist John Tilbury’
Sunday Times
‘A gorgeous new recording of one of Feldman’s most elusive scores, with one of the composer’s greatest interpreters at the piano and an ideally poised violinist partner.’
