Meyer can produce music of some complexity and modernity but, except for the early "Piano sonata" which is strictly dodecaphonic, this music is tonal (neo-classical in the "Concerto retro" which is a delightful, relaxed six-movement suite in the baroque style which so many Polish composers seem to enjoy doing). The "Au dela..". is a tribute to the quartet cycle of Shostakovich the 16th quartet reference in the work's title refers to the next in the series of 24 quartets the great Russian composer would have written had he lived long enough and Meyer has written a quasi-Shostakovichian piece which, however, is rather more relaxed and genial than many listeners would associate with that composer. Records International