“The discovery of long-languishing manuscripts enabled Philippe Graffin and his collaborators to reconstruct both pieces — a true labour of love by a musician long associated with the Belgian’s music”

★★★★ The Sunday Times

" Philippe Graffin is fully committed: agile, with a lean tone which in the quieter and sweeter passages takes on a confiding intimacy that I found very persuasive.

The three encores – played with a sympathetic pianist, Marisa Gupta – are delightful."

Gramophone Magazine

“Both works are dark and virtuosic, his fragile yet defiant instrument soaring above brooding orchestral forces” ★★★★ BBC Music Magazine

« There is much to enjoy in these glowing recording premieres: the spacious orchestration, the subtleties of Graffin's expressiveness, the thrilling interplay between him and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

And then there is the music itself. Poème concertant is passionate but somber and follows an erratic path between dream, torment and ecstasy. The Violin Concerto is a more conventional 19th-century piece with a subdued, almost diffused middle section. The exuberant corner movements showcase Graffin's mastery of timbre shifts and his poetic virtuosity » Jenny Camillieri , De Volkskrant , Holland