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Six new tracks from the lads with the voices of spun gold. The irresistible verve of this much-changed group's mid-1970s peak is less evident, but for sheer polish and style these singers are... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

At its best, Crossland's Bach is intimately scaled and sensitively nuanced, abetted by engineering that reproduces her dulcet sonority in the loveliest light. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008More…

…throughout, the BBC Singers do their erstwhile colleague proud, David Hill securing performances as flexible and multi contoured as they are expressive and spatially-aware. The recorded sound... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Best of all are Susan Gritton's performances...Her phrasing is broadly sculpted, with expressive use of portamento, her darkly lucent tone evenly produced throughout its range. In the Beethoven... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2010More…

Repeatedly things catch the ear and impress with their rightness. The abrupt, non-transition back to the main theme in the first movement comes as the kind of jolt Mahler surely had in mind.... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Williams's technical command confounds the difficulties of 'Baba Yaga' (ultra-clear octaves at full throttle) or 'Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks', taken at a sparkling pace with no loss of detail.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Christina Rossetti's poem is notable for psychological, sexual and narcotic implication that could scarcely have been more overt in mid-Victorian Britain, and Kermis has responded by making... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011More…

What is impressive is the grammatical sense (underpinned by flexible accentuation) that the choir brings to the projection of the words in Dixit Dominus and at many other places. Also, as we... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 3 out of 5 stars/4 out of 5 starsMore…