Neue Ruhr Zeitung Essen, 25 February 1997

"The surprise effect that catches the audience here is always the same, and yet always an event: when the 12-member ensemble 'bach, blech & blues' appears on the concert podium, the boundaries between light and serious music practically cease to exist."

Stuttgarter Zeitung, 16 January 94

"The chorale turns into a chorus and Bach into blues: the exquisite sounds conjured up by this brass ensemble were a totally new kind of mixture of classic and jazz - and one that finally made sense, too. Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto, for example, revealed itself in this medium and airy, delicate perfection as a bold, unprecedented sound structure which offered many a poignant moment."

Hamburger Abendblatt, 14 August 92

"'bach, blech & blues' introduced itself with a strapping, swinging repertoire, a joy for everyone who feels at home between swing and bebop. There were blues with the nimblest chromatics. Bebop at its best. Full-blooded, profoundly vital musicianship. Genuine. Only the clothing clashed: they were in evening dress, as if for a symphony concert..."

Rhein-Main-Echo, 24 November 1995

"The winds were first-class: clean as a whistle, technically outstanding and bursting with expressive power, both in the Renaissance songs as well as in the instrumental works. The wind ensemble seized the limelight in this concert: the Gabrieli canzone and sonatas were played at a tranquil pace with brilliance and immense warmth."

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 December 1996

"'bach, blech & blues' brought out the brilliance of the musical ideas. In alternating combinations and constellations, the winds applied their superbly nuanced and colorful playing to demonstrating what a large, full-bodied mixed sound can really be."

Frankfurter Rundschau, 9 August 1994

"The discipline and nobility of the playing exemplified by the young ensemble is truly sensational for brass instruments."

Südkurier, 15 February 1992

"All the solo and chamber parts were finely contoured, the fortissimi overwhelming, the tutti of the Messiaenic winds pounded on the eardrums. Performed by the ensemble 'bach, blech & blues' along with members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and conducted with marked enthusiasm by Lothar Zagrosek, the premiere was precise and breathtaking - utterly dazzling."

Die Zeit, 8 September 1995

The Toccata from Monteverdi's Marian Vespers and Gabrieli's Canzon were already enough to refute prejudices against the performance of early music on modern instruments: it would be hard to imagine articulations, phrasings and dynamics that could be clearer, more structurally bracing and stylistically appropriate than here, also when considering the great variety of interpretative ideas. Here are twelve musicians who can blend into homogeneous instrumental groupings, display a total mastery of intonation, handle an extreme range of dynamics, and surprise us with inspiring humor