"Only through the musical trumpeting of this fine ensemble do I witness the glory be of musical prowess. Truly superb, as a baby scone." - Lord Stanley Deville, philanthropist

"A new contemporary-classical group digs deeply into the intensity—and even hostility—underlying concert-music decorum and similar conventions. We have no idea what it means, either, but we're curiously titillated by the prospect." - Time Out NY

"Personally, I feared the combination of bondage and humiliation in the concert hall might come across as too jarring, but I rather liked the pairing, like a delicate chardonnay mixed with a sharp stilton. Simply delectable." - Madame Anastasia Debordreaux, My Naughty Wardrobe, Store Owner

"Ensemble de Sade . . . aims to bring out the 'masochism and sadism' inherent in the traditional concert experience." - Alex Ross

" And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, they cut and tore her clothes off, and removed a HUGE pink dildo from her crotch, which she then proceeded to use as a microphone, and I thought to myself, this is the best thing EVER" - Duncan T. Small, composer