Signum
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Like the devout Simeon in his valedictory Nunc Dimitis, Andrew Nethsingha has departed from St John’s with a sense of promise fulfilled and bright hope for the future...the series has all the... —
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Lee’s sharply idiomatic versions are perhaps the highlight of the album, the catchy and highly charged music sounding simply captivating thanks to sizzling performances and brilliant playing... —
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Part of the fascination of Thomas Adès’s chamber music is that it intrigues the mind with its science, while transporting the listener to imaginary places...The Calder Quartet perform all three... —
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Written in 1952 when Vaughan Williams turned 80, the Violin Sonata was his last completed piece of chamber music . Its opening ‘Fantasia’ movement is tricky to pin down temperamentally, but... —
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Tempo is used to point up emotion rather than the warmth and tone of the piano; how that lands with you as a listener will be up to personal taste...Yet as a whole, his approach is illuminating,... —
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A whistle-stop tour of violin virtuoso showpieces, many composed by the great masters of the instrument. Siem faces up to the challenges set by Kreisler and co with gusto. —
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Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and Other Keyboard Works
Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord)
Cunningham’s empathy with his myriad of little eccentricities and of his art in general is abundantly on display. —
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Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain
Christina Hall (soprano), Sarah Smith (soprano), Lies’l Hill (soprano), Jay Good, Cara Loveless-Faulkner (soprano), JJ Rafferty (tenor), Caleb French (bass-baritone), Phoenix Chorale, Christopher Gabbitas
There’s a nice blend to the choir’s sound, with some characterful solo voices emerging in the longer works by Erika Lloyd and Dale Trumbore. —
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It's a remarkably haunting work, exquisitely sung here. Lightening the mood considerably are Gibbons's fantasias for viols, also deftly performed. —
