Wolfert Brederode, Matangi Quartet & Joost Lijbaart

There is a vulnerable but resilient quality to the music, as it hovers over its emotional terrain, with moods both bleak and guardedly hopeful.

Ruins and Remains, a suite for piano, string quartet and percussion, was composed by the Dutch pianist Wolfert Breferode in 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Highly sensitive playing by Brederode, percussionist Joost Lijbaart and the Matangi Quartet (increasingly regarded as one of Holland's most adventurous string quartets), distinguish a special album recorded in Bremen's Sendesaal in August 2021 and produced by Manfred Eicher.