CONTEMPORARY French composer, Dutilleux has little more than a dozen major works catalogued. His style traces wandering Debussian harmonies through webs of Expressionism, but only occasionally straying into atonality.

In John Chen, Naxos' Laureate series brings another prizewinner to the fore, this compilation of Dutilleux's complete piano works recorded by him aged 19. A youthful enthusiasm for the technical minefields that this repertoire presents is enjoyably palpable and Chen particularly excels in an energetic precision of rhythmic detail.

Karen Dervan