"Oliver Knussen's sympathetic baton guides us through music written over the past 25 years by the American composer Peter Lieberson. Here, at last, is the hard stuff: music with gnarls and barbed wire, but also music of great imagination and beauty, The six minute Free and Easy Wanderer is particularly beguiling. Drala sleekly played by the Cleveland Orchestra, grabs the attention too, not least with its frenzied finale powered by Tibetan rhythms. A 21st century classic? This time its not impossible."
The Times
Label: DG
Range: DG 20/21
Catalogue Number: 4576062
Barcode: 00028945760629
Release Date: 12th Feb 2002
Recording Date: 1st Nov 1995; 1st Jan 1997; 1st Dec 1994; 1st Nov 1996; 1st Aug 1998
Recording Location: Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH; Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dr. Anton Philipszaal, Den Haag; Henry Wood Hall, London, England
Producer: Sid McLauchlan; Peter Lieberson; Oliver Knussen