“The work’s therapeutic intentions are underlined by the sensitive, judiciously paced playing of the San Francisco-based Del Sol Quartet who helped develop it in Zoom collaborations with Ruo”

“Huang intends the work as a meditation on the virus and the vast stretches of time against which it will come to seem insignificant: it is a dust in time.”

“Listening to this recording in the relative quiet of my home I have to imagine the Cage-ian ambience of that experience, but the arc of the music is immersive and compelling, and indeed cathartic”

“The score’s eloquence is conveyed to rich effect by the Del Sol players, who merge motifs and phrases with striking control and nuance.”

“Ruo has to be indebted to the group for the care with which they performed the piece and the players' meticulous attention to tempo, texture, and dynamics.”

“I listened to A Dust in Time in a single sitting after a very long day and was moved to tears, this serene, radiant music packing a real punch.”

“Almost imperceptibly, the music builds in force and complexity toward a radiant and churning central section before returning to the quiet strands of the opening.”

“It is a most welcome peace one can gain by intended focus. It refuses to copy so much as it re-creates the aural world need to transcend the pandemic. And it does.”

DEL SOL STRING QUARTET | A DUST IN TIME | #3 Billboard Traditional Classical Chart