Snider stands beside her contemporaries without fear. Her sense of layering elevates her work, and the degree of care put into these is easily applaudable.

This reengagement with Canto Ostinato is remarkable from start to finish, at times dynamically breathtaking and at other moments soothing in its assured flow, an altogether deft blossoming anyone enthusiastic over contemporary composition needs to hear. Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, and Erik Hall have realized a work of great beauty beyond any reasonable expectation.

Between immersive storytelling and sonic refinement, singer Sarah Kirkland Snider explores themes of perseverance and transformation. This album presents itself as a luminous portrait of a composer with a profoundly expressive language.

Clive Paget from Musical America reviewed Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Nonesuch Records/New Amsterdam Records.

Oliver Camacho and Adela Skowronski from WFMT reviews Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light.

Karl Nehring reviews Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Classical Candor’s “Recent Releases No. 81”.

Eric Alper reviewed Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Nonesuch Records/New Amsterdam Records on his blog, That Eric Alper.

Presto Music selects Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, for their “February Team Choice”.

Craig L. Byrd from Cultural Attaché reviewed Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Nonesuch Records/New Amsterdam Records on his blog, New in Music This Week.

Jon Sobel from Blog Critics reviewed Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Nonesuch Records/New Amsterdam Records.

Richard Allen from A Closer Listen reviewed Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Nonesuch Records/New Amsterdam Records.

Pwyll ap Siôn from Gramophone reviewed Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new studio album, Forward Into Light, on Nonesuch Records/New Amsterdam Records.

Phil Freeman of Downbeat Magazine reviews “Myth of Tomorrow”.

“These three works from Timo Andres showcase the US composer’s distinctive and accomplished musical language… It’s a highly accomplished disc all round.”

“A vividly immersive thriller... not a word or note is without purpose, and both are captured, if not enhanced, in this richly produced recording.”

In a Grove provides further confirmation of Cerrone's singular gifts and why he's justly regarded as one of today's leading composers