“Russell Platt’s relentlessly intriguing Symphony was inspired by the paintings of the early American modernist Clyfford Still at Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Gallery, transforming their intense, emotional lines and dark colours into vivid orchestral strokes that particularly show off the woodwinds and brass. The second movement, ‘Chaconne’, is an unstoppable tour de force.”

—Laurence Vittes, Gramophone, March 2025