"
One is struck by the still, slow, and internalized temporality, adorned with
exquisite harmonic shifts. The music remains consistently refined and profoundly
spiritual, and we are delighted to recommend it to those who appreciate the
contemporary exploration of new sonic landscapes." Classica (France)
****
"
The result of the Violin Concertino is a kind of perfect balance
of spirit, poised between playfulness and seriousness, gravity and lightness,
with superb orchestration. The Bassoon Concerto is a stunning,
expressive firework display that must be a joy for the soloist to play. The
Douai Orchestra is exemplary in its range of colors and styles under the expert
baton of J.J. Kantorow. The soloists, all of the highest caliber, are elite
servants of this music, which captivates the ear with its hues and melodies."
Crescendo (Belgium) 
"
The Violin Concertino is a marvel, both for its balance between
soloist and orchestra and for its masterful handling of the musical discourse
(14 minutes uninterrupted), its melodic invention, and its harmonic subtleties
within an expanded tonality. The poetic dimension is so powerful that it overshadows
the virtuosity and the touch of magic that come from Svetlin Roussev's subtle
bow." Diapason (France) 
"
The intrinsic beauty of Philippe Chamouard's music… His Eighth
Symphony is generally expressive, often contemplative or mysterious,
always deeply inspired." Pizzicato (Belgium)
"We
have a composer whose writing is never less than emotionally taut and sometimes
intense. The music has its darkly dramatic episodes but shares DNA with the
film world in its vividly coloured progress and lyrical gifts. This another
fine and unconventional entry in the annals of the symphony in the 20th and
21st centuries".
MusicWeb
Inrernational (U.K.)
"
The finale of " Les figures de l'invisible " ends
in a dignified shiver and glow of the strings. A sense of mystic dignity is
one of Chamouard's strongest suits".
MusicWeb International (U.K.)
"
The link between O. Messiaen and Ph. Chamouard: meditation, the passage of
time through color, the illumination of stone touched by light filtering through
the stained-glass windows of a Gothic cathedral." Diapason (France)
" It's poignant. Philippe Chamouard used the same techniques that Picasso employed in Guernica, albeit in a different art form." Le Maine (France)
" The Eighth Symphony is a panoramic, expansive, vast work, opening the imagination to endless landscapes…" Rouen Magazine (France)
" It cannot be easy to write a Ninth Symphony with all that the number implies. But congratulations, it's a great success." R.C France
" Do you know Philippe Chamouard? He has written music that is both lyrical and tonal, yet personal and unconventional. A creator who refuses to deconstruct forms or succumb to nostalgia. The recording of his concertos should undoubtedly charm and move you." The Mediapart Club (France)
"
The Fifth Symphony aims to be a reconstruction of human thought
with its fundamental philosophical and metaphysical underpinnings." Muzikzen
(Germany)
" Philippe Chamouard's music is the result of a sumptuous, minimalist,
neo-romantic personal style that is as communicative as possible, influenced
by Martin?, Stravinsky's early ballets, and also the pictorial quality of
film music." Records International (U.K.)
" A moment of eternity and serenity that fills and satisfies you." Le Figaro (France)
Seventh Symphony : " Sometimes luminous, often somber, tonal, but frequently disrupted by sharp dissonances, meditative and more varied than it seems, Philippe Chamouard's music acts on us like a poem, which, with familiar words, creates new sonorities" . The third movement possesses a twilight beauty that pervades the composer's entire symphonic oeuvre." Classica (France) ****
"
Philippe Chamouard's music conveys an authenticity, a freedom, and also a
solitude, rarely achieved… L'Esprit de la nuit, this marvelous
short piece… The Third Symphony is breathtakingly beautiful."
Classica (France) ****
" A beautiful realization of this Sixth Symphony. To be
listened to again and again." L'Education musicale (France)
" The harmonic language is Messiaenic here and there, but with its own
dialect. As strinking as these pieces are, their strength lies more in their
sensuous and visceral appeal than in anything formal. The more assertive sections
of Opalescence are simply awesome: huge sheets of sounds whose
resonance and brilliance amid the cold stone walls has been captured in oustanding
fashion. " American Record Guide ( U.S.A )
" With his Fourth Symphony, Philippe Chamouard once again
establishes himself as a French composer of international renown and a great
humanist thinker." L'Education musicale (France)
Les voiles du silence: " For Philippe Chamouard, artistic
creation can be like a grain of sand where the composer's call meets the poet's
voice ."
Nasza Rodzina ( Poland)
" The orchestral texture is reminiscent of early Schoenberg, were it
not for the expressionistic exaggeration of the Second Viennese School."
Le Républicain Lorrain (France)
"
The Second Symphony and Halabja are two powerful
works that interest us, move us, and overwhelm us." Les Petites Affiches
(France)
" The Second Symphony, despite its obvious allusion to
tragic current events, commands attention with its admirably sustained line,
its vigor, and its somber rhythmic calls from the strings that resolve into
flashes of light projected by the winds. The voice superbly dominates the
orchestral mass, giving this work an elevation to which one cannot remain
indifferent." Sud Ouest (France)
" The Second Symphony is very beautiful and particularly
moving... A heartwarming lesson in humanity." Sud Ouest (France)
First Symphony: "An original style steeped in introspection.
A vision of eternity and immensity hovers over this timeless music."Le
Christianisme (France)
" A resounding success for Opalescence. A French creation
offered as an ascent towards God, inspiring respect and humanity." Paris
Normandie (France)
" Ph. Chamouard and O. Messiaen share a similar approach here: slow pieces,
a shift in time compared to the stress of our daily lives, all in favor of
a more meditative rhythm. A style to (re)discover." Paris Normandie
(France)
" Opalescence transports us into the spiral of life's colors.
These organ pieces demystify the instrument." Le Courrier (France)