Choral, Christmas Carols, Bach, J S (composer)

The Cuban Nutcracker Suite stands comparison with Duke Ellington’s iconic 1960 reworking of the piece, with a sassily swung Overture showcasing Willis’s fabulous lower register and the Trepak... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 28th November 2025More…

Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This is a priceless record not only of the centenary of the most famous carol service in the world, but of the last to be directed by Sir Stephen Cleobury after 37 years at the helm of chapel... — Choir & Organ, February 2020, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 29th November 2024More…

The opening track from 1958 sets the basic tone: the singing’s precise, sunny and rather dainty. Yet extra gusto soon arrives, and the modern carols Cleobury commissioned certainly stop tradition... — The Times, 21st December 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

a genuinely touching, warm-hearted and classy example of the genre – and more imaginative in the choice of repertoire than most. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023More…

This is a marvellous programme of Music for Advent and it is executed superbly by the Clare College Choir. It’s obvious that the standard built up during Timothy Brown’s long leadership, especially,... — MusicWeb International, November 2013More…