Michelle Tosi, for resmusica.com (click here to read more)
"IRCAM´s Espace de Projection shaping the acoustics of the hall for the last work on the programme, … explosante-fixe… (...) The NEXT ensemble, joined by soloists from the EIC, is conducted by Spanish conductor Daniel Huertas. (...) The flow is tense and dense, with a first movement bursting with energy, featuring tempo fluctuations and spectacular rallies. (...) The MIDI flute part is conductive, embellished by its two off-centre partners (Emmanuel Ophèle and Sophie Cherrier) and a discreet instrumental ensemble (muted strings) that completes the texture, under the economical and precise baton of Daniel Huertas."
Paco Yañez, for scherzo.es (click here to read more)
“Daniel Huertas, with absolute metrical precision, has managed to strike a very pertinent balance between the serenity and delicacy that pervades most of the work and an outburst of individual energies and harmonic-noise counterpoints worthy of an ensemble with much more experience playing together.”
Pierre Gervasoni, for lemonde.fr (click here to read more)
"Rarely performed in its entirety, … explosante-fixe… (1993) is then presented in excerpts. (…) Today's line-up is a mix of seasoned musicians (Ensemble intercontemporain) and representatives of the younger generation (Ensemble Next, from the Paris Conservatoire), conducted with conviction by Daniel Huertas. As one might say of the interpretation of the classical repertoire (a label that applies to Boulez in view of what is being done today), the future is assured."
