I enjoyed Gary Higginson's review, especially the part on "the longest work on the disc": this really takes my fancy and though not in general an enthusiast with regard to flute music I shall have to save some pocket-money for this. Gary, however, says "But as a student in the 70’s I found Pousseur’s music intimidating and that feeling has not evaporated as a result of hearing this CD." This is sad from my point of view, because recordings of works by Pousseur have been a source of great delight for many years now (I am an old codger), and I would suggest the following, not all available on CD: 1.
Tales and Songs from the Bible of Hell - this could once be downloaded as an mp3 from the web page of one of those involved in the music ensemble Electric Phoenix that premiered it, John Whiting - that recording (including a transformation of Dowland's 'Flow my teares') can still be listened to here:
http://www.thankyouoneandall.co.uk/letters/pousseur_tales_and_songs.html I can strongly recommend the transformative
aquarius memorial on Cypres records and, on the same label, the first CD I purchased of his work,
Dichterliebesreigentraum - a must for any Schumann lover. I cannot really follow Gary's "intimidating" as applied to any of the works I mention: they have transformed my feeling for and understanding of the "post-modern" in post-war European music.