Anyone daring to call an album Remasterpiece is clearly feeling confident. But having made what will surely prove to be one of the defining records of 2004, they have every right to be. For what we have here is indeed a masterpiece of renewal: a rendition into a seamless mix of contemporary chill out of some of the finest passages of classical music.

Chris Coco's mastery of mood has found its perfect foil in Sacha Puttnam's classical expertise, and the two of them deliver a record that is both effortlessly flawless and, as you get to know its contours, hugely uplifting.

It isn't out till September, but if you're at Eastnor you'd be bonkers to miss its festival premiere. For this is musical history in the (re)making; my hunch is that this will be a new high watermark for devotees of chilled music. Certainly for me this is the most eye-opening and mind-expanding record I've heard all year.

Freddy B - The Big Chill

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