Ensemble (Germany)

" ... a truly modern work which would satisfy even the most hard core audiences at the Darmstadt Festival ... the inherently musical language of Reflections points to Wolfgang's solid background in jazz and film music ... performers and audiences alike will enjoy the gripping emotionality of the piece."

" ... a quite classically developed piece wherein its initial motive is teased out in ways that communicate in numerous affective realms - Schubert would have smiled."

" ... Gernot Wolfgang by immediate contrast operates deeper in Bergian waters. There are perhaps hints too of Contrasts but more so I think of the Berg Violin Concerto. He also covers a wide canvas of effects, from bent, or blue notes for the clarinetist, to the violin's slapped pizzicati. There are also folkloric moments and from 10:20 some expressive moments when each instrument dons a soloistic mantle. The finale is driving with a strangely ambiguous, held final note."

" ... quietly Satiean (and possibly H. K. Gruberesque) references to cakewalk and ragtime within a fairly chromatic idiom."

" ... swooping rhapsodic gestures and a funky piano groove ... "

" ... a distinct voice ... violin and clarinet have proactive roles while the piano periodically "reflects" over their statements. The listening experience resembles a journey, which, after leading the audience through a variety of different landscapes, concludes again at its point of departure."