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Despite the distance of about twenty years between the single parts, the musical style of Ms. Here the pianist plays and partly sings three works called Potirion Sotiru (1999), Simeron Kremate (2019), and Enite ton Kyrion (2021). The rest of the disc is dedicated to works for piano in a cycle called Illuminations on Byzantine Chants. The technical quality of the sound image is a slightly lesser one, too. The conductor being the same as the precedent piece, it is probably more of a problem with rehearsal times.

The orchestral colors are well respected, but a small hindrance is a lesser rhythmic precision, especially the strings. This is due mainly to a lesser degree of refinement of the orchestral part, here played by the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmony of Zlin (Czech Republic). This music is even more concentrated, but despite the incredible technical artistry of the pianist and his out-of-the-world precision in the most difficult rhythmical passages, the overall impression is a little less convincing than the precedent work. The second orchestral piece, Black Light, is divided into three movements: “Aggressively driving,” “Forcefully” and “Presto.” All three movements total a slightly longer duration than Ancient Keys and have a very different character. He seems so confident with the score that the listener has the impression he is, in reality, improvising the piano part creating it from scratch.

His concept of a broad array of dynamics helps him achieve a rare thing for an interpreter of new music. Barnes is a real war machine in terms of technical abilities.