Sunday Times

Sara Stowe plucks 11 experimental pieces for solo voice from the three decades after 1960, a time when provocative newness held sway over the emollient safety that often prevails today. Four pieces by Giacinto Scelsi reveal Stowe’s fine improvisatory skills, while Kagel’s Recitativerie for Singing Harpsichordist requires her to play, one-handed, a Chopin prelude. These , and equally demanding, fresh-sounding works by Berio (Sequenza III), Nono (the socialist-oriented La Fabbrica Illuminata), Cage, Feldman, Bussotti and Castiglioni are delivered with impressive technical aplomb and musical relish.

—Stephen Pettit