"Hughes’s music is most notable for its variability in dissonance. He is able to move seamlessly from what sounds completely atonal to triadic harmony that allows for accessible expression. Orchids alone makes the record worthwhile, and this two-disc set makes it easy to aquire a variety of music by a British composer from whom we can surely expect more high quality work to come. Adams - American Record Guide - November/December 2012

" Throughout both of these discs, performances are as committed and attentive to the music’s frequently understated demands as might be expected from ensembles of the calibre of the New Music Players and New Music Vocal Ensemble. Special mention must be made of Richard Casey, who, besides writing most of the detailed and informative booklet notes, proves no less adept and sympathetic as a pianist. The recordings, though made over more than a decade, fully convey this music’s clarity and intricacy, making for a release that can be warmly recommended Richard Whitehouse - International Record Review - January 2013

This is modern music for listeners ’with two ears’ who enjoy contrapuntal music from Purcell to Bach to late Beethoven. Ed Hughes (b. 1968) is a contemporary British contrapuntalist of unique originality and instrumental flair.Some of his music is related to film (e.g. the cover image above to Hanns Eisler’s chamber music for Fourteen Ways of Describing Rain, 1941) and it is all given with consummate security and audibility, with rhythms "simultaneously complex and simple, distinctive, original and yet approachable" [Richard Casey].I find the ensemble music irresistible; the piano Orchids harder to grasp (and doubtless fiendishly difficult to learn). A Buried Flame for choir sounds impressive, but it is disappointing that (presumably) copyright restrictions prevented Metier from including the poetic texts by Guantanamo detainees from being included in the liner notes"

Peter Grahame Woolf - Musical Pointers - July 2012