Music Emotion

What an incredibly fine album this is!

Here you really sit on the edge of the chair of musical pleasure. Here everything is “right”. Composition(s), artistic performance(s), recording technique. A tribute to Tom Peeters as producer and recording engineer. Recording location and opening up my ears to contemporary classical music.

Theo Wubbolts

Classical Guitar, Spring 2019

Powerful Dyens, with strings and without. Superb interpretations of popular and less-played works. A CD celebrating the music of one of the greatest guitarists of the last 50 years is indeed something to rejoice in….Enno Voorhorst is a formidable guitarist whose portrait reveals a soul of great strength and depth. He really “gets” Dyens…This is a superb recording featuring playing of the highest order. Definitely in my Top Five for 2018!

Tim Panting

Gitarre & Laute, February 2019

Enno Voorhorst ist mit der Musik von Roland Dyens per Du, das wird einem beim Hören seiner neuesten CD rasch deutlich. Überhaupt findet er leicht Zugang zu den jeweiligen Werken, die er als Interpret bearbeitet. Von interpretatorischen Eigenheiten, wie Gitarristen sie oft angenommen haben, ist er weit entfernt – er dient der Musik und nicht ausschließlich oder mindestens überwiegend sich selbst oder seinem eigenen Ruhm und Ansehen … wie zahlreiche Kollegen….Er will nicht glänzen mit dem, was er da spielt – auch, wenn er es oft tut – und er ist auch kein musikalischer Altruist. Aber er weiß, was er da vor sich hat, Partituren nämlich, bei denen die Komponisten jede Note, jeden Strich und jeden Atemzug vorgedacht und aufgeschrieben haben. Und er nimmt das, was die Komponisten da liefern, ernst. Dass er diese Roland Dyens-CD herausgebracht hat, dafür müssen wir ihm danken! Wie gesagt: Roland war unser Freund! == Enno Voorhorst is in love with the music of Roland Dyens, and you will quickly realize this when listening to his latest CD. In general, he finds easy access to the respective works. Of the interpretive idiosyncrasies that guitarists have often assumed, he is far away – he serves the music and not exclusively or at least predominantly himself or his own fame and reputation … like many colleagues …. He does not want to shine with what he plays – even if he does it often – and he is not a musical altruist. But he knows what he has in front of him, scores in which the composers have thought through and written down every note, every stroke and every breath. And he takes seriously what the composers are delivering. We have to thank him for releasing this Roland Dyens CD! As I said: Roland was our friend!

Peter Päffgen - Source

EGTA Magazine NL, November 2018

Enno Voorhorst is een gitarist bij wie de liefde en de gepassioneerdheid voor de muziek die hij speelt hoorbaar is. In de kalmte die hij waar nodig etaleert en in de onstuimigheid waartoe de muziek van Dyens hem soms uitdaagt. Het Concerto Métis is heerlijk geschreven, zowel voor spelers al voor luisteraars. Spannende ritmes die je te grazen nemen, lyrische melodieën om letterlijk-maar nooit te lang- bij weg te dromen. De balans tussen solist en strijkorkest is mooi en klinkt natuurlijk. == Enno Voorhorst is a guitarist with whom the love and passion for the music he plays is audible. In the calm he shows where necessary and in the turbulence to which the music of Dyens sometimes challenges him. The Concerto Métis is wonderfully written, for both players as listeners.Exciting rhythms that catch you, lyrical melodies to literally -but never to long – dream away on. The balance between soloist and string orchestra is beautiful and sounds natural.

Opus Klassiek, October 2018

Enno Voorhorst behoeft natuurlijk geen introductie: hij behoort tot de beste gitaristen die ons land rijk is en is naast zijn vele optredens (afwisselend samen met de hoboïste Pauline Oostenrijk en de altviolist Mikhail Zemtsov vormt hij het Macondo-duo) verbonden aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. Dan zijn er de de elf van de in totaal veertien String Soloists onder primarius Janneke van Prooijen en artistiek leider Lisa Jacobs die de naam van dit ensemble volledig waarmaken: iedere strijker lijkt solistische eigenschappen te hebben, maar wel wel fraai en harmonieus ingebed in het geheel. Tom Peeters zorgde voor de prachtige opname. Een kostelijk album!

Aart van der Wal - Source

Pizzicato, nov 2018 4 out of 5

This new DSD release is a homage to the French guitar virtuoso and composer Roland Dyens performed by Dutch guitarist Enno Voorhorst for Cobra Records. Dyens made a career as a guitarist across genres and taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, succeeding his teacher Alberto Ponce. He composed several well-known solo pieces for the guitar, some of which are included on this album. Of particular interest, however, are the works for guitar and strings, including the guitar concerto ‘Concerto Métis’, which presents itself as an accessible, melodically memorable work.

The composer wrote: “This concert for guitar and string orchestra, a homage to the divine Ida Presti, is in a classic form and marked by its racial diversity, which permeates the whole and clearly explains the word ‘Métis’: a mixture of races.»

The String Soloists string orchestra can also be heard in two other works, the wonderfully entertaining ‘Tango en Skaï’ and the dreamily atmospheric ‘Sérénade’, originally the 2nd movement of the ‘Concerto in Si’ for guitar solo and guitar ensemble, here performed by Voorhorst for guitar and string orchestra.

Enno Voorhorst and The String Soloists ensemble play the program very passionately and at a high technical level. The sound recording is very direct, but not dry and brings the music to the listener at the best sound quality.

This tribute to French guitarist and composer Roland Dyens presents some of his valuable music in excellent performances. The guitar concerto is a real treat.

Remy Franck - Source

Stretto, okt 2018

De intieme, poëtische weerloosheid van Dyens’ muziek is transcendent. Dit is muziek van een soort schoonheid die diepgang sublimeert tot grenzeloze verhevenheid. Dit is onvoorstelbaar mooie muziek. Deze cd mag u niet missen!

Michel Dutrieue - Source