His music isn’t nearly as well represented in the catalogues as his peers’, nor does it share a great deal with their work in stylistic terms. ‘Spectral’ has become something of a lazy description for many living French composers and it certainly doesn’t apply to Zavaro, whose music is direct, joyful, often dance-like, colourfully orchestrated and ‘challenging’ in the most agreeable way. Listeners who have responded positively to the music of his younger compatriot Guillaume Connesson, for example, will almost certainly find much to enjoy here.