CD, Locke (composer)
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The ensemble is a coterie of some of the finest early musicians on the scene today – friends who evidently relish the art of musical conversation, the guiding ethos of the English consort tradition. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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a maddening, fascinating and often bewitching disc —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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It is as fresh and exciting as anything I've heard in recent years...The architectural shaping, dynamic vitality and sheer passion of the Biber performances lifts them right to the top of their... —
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Deliberate and fresh exploration unique to this set of instruments is what this ensemble is all about – producing uncompromising and outstandingly mastered dynamics, slide control, multiphonics... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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Pienaar displays his collections thematically, connecting dances and variations, imitative and evocative works that suggest battles and birdsong, that paint portraits, tell stories and write... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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With their ever-changing affects and tempos, these consorts require alert and agile players and, in this respect, Phantasm is unrivalled. The playing here is technically flawless: lines are... —
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Fretwork’s approach is generally weightier and more introspective [than Phantasm's] – a mood enhanced by Signum’s closer recorded balance. Fretwork captures the brooding quality of the minor-mode... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Sophie Daneman’s sensuous soprano offsets the boyish voice of the 15-year-old Rosanna Wicks, while the airy trebles of Salisbury Cathedral Choir balance the earthier tones of the lay clerks... —
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Record Review, 11th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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The Ruisis unify the programme with gorgeous, historically informed playing – delicately shaded and minimally vibrated, yet warm and welcoming. The new commission, Oliver Leith’s Big House,... —
