“It is simply a heroic achievement to write for this beautiful instrument. The whole range, very good, rich use of the instrument, but above all – wonderfully beautiful music. How much we miss beauty in the world… Beauty, that is all around us, we pass it by, but now we came here and were with it – a wonderful opus”

– composer Pēteris Vasks

…there’s something of [Wagner’s] Tristan, something of one of Mahler’s resurrection symphonies, but at the same time… absolutely modern”

– Latvijas Radio Klasika

“…Raivis Misjuns had much to say in his new work – the introverted and sophisticated character of the music, with a few oriental-antique touches, conveyed unquestionable qualities in the context of the work”

– www.la.lv

“Through the haze, Raivis Misjuns music reveals echoes of ancient medieval, two-part organum punctum contra punctum, oriental folk music techniques and contemporary textures with overflowing fields of sound”

– Kultūras Diena

“Melancholic Winds was associated with the subtlety of the moods of a previously unknown world, a refined sense of taste and a poetry different from all the other works on the programme.“

– la.lv