Gone For Foreign <br> Cygnus Ensemble <BR> BRIDGE 9195Cygnus is one of the most intriguing new music ensembles to have emerged in recent years. With its mixed instrumentation of winds, strings and plucked sounds, Cygnus offers the present day composer a bold new spectrum of colorful combinations to write for. And given the ensembles devotion to commissioning new repertoire from a stylistically broad range of composers, combined with the virtuosity with which these pieces are performed, Cygnus presents a

“Glorious

These remarkable compositions set a new standard for flute players

aided by his perfect instrumental technique

You Dirty Rag

“I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending this release as the best possible introduction to this highly personal

Mahler wrote: "Far from following any arbitrary purpose or course

Both Fischer and Kierman provide wonderfully musical performances full of long

Amelia Triest

Critic and annotator Keith Powers writes of "Melvin Chen's adventurous reading of the Diabelli Variations (which) bears the mark of the great composer himself—fearless

Gyorgy Ligeti

Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle

which includes Feldman's remarks as well as a photo montage of the composer