Voices of angels

"Brett Dean's Voices of Angels is a very substantial work, making his customary detailed sonic investigations into the ensemble's possible combinations of instruments, and doing so with a tremendous sense of drama ... The two Rachmaninov songs included, beautifully song though they are by Christianne Stotijn, may seem to be odd choices for a programme such as this but in fact they convey atmospheres that seem to continue those of the contemporary works ... And on the subject of sound, the recording is wonderfully clear, doing full justice to these powerful performances which range over the full dynamic spectrum".