The harpsichord, which was amplified, was generally audible; the unamplified piano was often buried in the dense ensemble texture.

Despite his enthusiasm, direct citations of gamelan scales, melodies, rhythms, or ensemble textures have not been located in any of Debussy's own compositions.

The ensemble textures have a clarity and definition you won't hear in any other jazz ensemble using strings, and the soloists are devastating.

Brad Hatfield's keyboard work seemed to rely largely on preset sonorities and familiar fusion cliches, and failed to justify his contributions to the ensemble textures.

The music is in some ways closer to post-rock than jazz, concentrating on rhythmic shifts and ensemble texture rather than featured solos.

The violin, after all, is ideally suited to playing a single musical line, either within an ensemble texture or in a solo role, with other instruments providing harmonic support.

It seems right to mention the instruments first, because Grisey's work depends so much on ensemble textures.

The piece had several Minimalist attributes, most notably a hypnotic, soft-edged ensemble texture built on repetitive figuration, against which flecks of a solo line emerge and recede.

The older brass instruments slice through the ensemble texture with a thrilling impact.

As the ensemble texture grows more variegated, the clouds seem to lift from the work, but only temporarily.