About: "As Roger Reynolds approaches his 90th birthday, the urge to extend the limits of musical perception and meaning beyond those previously known remains a guiding motivation.
[In this release, Mathias] Reumert, a multi-percussionist, conductor, and producer based in Copenhagen, … [brings] the perspective of the European millennial generation to Reynolds’s legacy of American innovation. [He] considers JOURNEY to be a work that “does not sound like anything else” the composer has written. Its sound world is here juxtaposed with that of Transfigured Wind III, which dates from 1984, and is one of a constellation of five works that evolved from a piece for solo flute written in 1965, Ambages."
– from Thomas May's liner notes
In their announcement for the 2024 Album of the Year prize, the P2 jury announced:
“It is rare to come across an album that contains music from an international living cult composer that is so expertly played by one of Denmark’s regular chamber music ensembles. Roger Reynolds writes unique music with his own identity, and the Esbjerg Ensemble captures it in performances that feel ‘marinated’ in the composer’s style. Incredibly good sound, impressive performances from the ensemble’s own soloists, and an album we have been drawn back to again and again during the judging period.”
