“What an inspired idea to bring out a double CD of David's Songs and Soundscapes . I love the wondrous performances and David's achingly-beautiful poetry. I love the booklet, the engineering and everything about it” - Peter Sculthorpe, foremost Australian composer
“Meticulously organized instrumental and chamber pieces… superb anthology… Lumsdaine snatches empiric sound sources from an open-ended world of possibilities. These performances prove deeply sensitive to Lumsdaine's needs, with a special nod going to pianist Peter Lawson. A lesson in musical possibility and artistic skill from a composer of rare sonic vision.” - Philip Clark (Gramophone)
“These discs sum up Australia and its culture superbly well. Lesley-Jane Rogers is an absolute delight. Peter Lawson is quite brilliant and utterly convincing... John Turner's magical playing... vivid and exciting performance. Excellent booklet... a composer with much that is original to say.” - Gary Higginson (MusicWeb)
"Rhythm and lyricism held in perfect balance in a young Australian composer's rewarding programme of chamber and vocal works. The playing is shapely and eloquent, the recording well-defined to a fault. This is a debut which leaves you eager to hear more from such a versatile and accomplished composer.” - Gramophone
“I am indebted for the discovery of this remarkable Australian's music. The title work, the string quartet Taking Flight… [is] I think, a masterpiece. Great performances all, and nicely recorded.” - Grant Chu Covell (La Folia)
“This is said to be the first recording devoted to music by Sadie Harrison, and it shows her to have a compelling, distinctive, and passionate compositional voice. The performances on this disc are generally very good, and the recorded sound excellent… this disc is definitely worth exploring.” - Classical London
“Music of real individuality and purpose, in excellent recordings.” - HiFi News and Record Review
“Harrison's music is often beguiling and has vivid extra-musical resonances. She's in the category of what could be described as domesticated modernism - tonal composers who are aware of modernist gestures while aware of the danger of audience-alienation. Harrison is a composer to look out for.” - Andy Hamilton (The Wire)
“Sadie Harrison has an original imagination that expresses itself in a fluent, thoughtfully poetic language.” - Stephen Pettitt (The Sunday Times)