Delphian
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Hill establishes his voice from the outset with fluid, velvet-toned playing and a predominantly introspective, rather than showy approach...In short, these are exquisitely poetic and, above... —
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Berger's grainy baritone is pleasing more than awe-inspiring...But he communicates with keen enthusiasm, and his word-lively Mozart Abendempfindung immediately draws the listener in to this... —
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Captain Tobias Hume: A Scottish Soldier
Thomas Walker (tenor) & Alison McGillivray (bass viol, lyre d'amore)
Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness
delightful and thoroughly enjoyable … unmitigated pleasure. —
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Benjamin Nicholas: The Merton Organ
Benjamin Nicholas (the new Dobson organ of Merton College, Oxford)
Nicholas judges expertly the variety of colours in his performance...The new Dobson organ is a splendid addition to Merton College Chapel. —
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the jutting vocal fanfares of [Weir's] Ave Regina caelorum set a brightly celebratory atmosphere at the disc's beginning...The seven-part writing of Hannah Kendall's numinous Regina caeli is... —
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Luminate - Live Music Now Scotland celebrates 30 years
Emma Versteeg (soprano), Maryam Sherhan (piano), Laura Margaret Smith (mezzo-soprano) & Geoffrey Tanti (piano)
Astrid String Quartet & Spencer-Strachan Duo
it works very well actually, it’s a lovely showcase. —
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There’s no denying the virtuoso deftness of Orr’s settings for voice and solo double-bass (about the most technically difficult medium any composer could opt for)...and the performances here... —
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Irvine responds to each piece with the same sincerity, imagination and technical assurance; lovely playing, captured in warm, natural sound. A well-produced document of a very worthwhile project. —
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an intriguing series... documented in a lively manner —
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Set upon the Rood
New music for Choir & Ancient Instruments
Barnaby Brown (triplepipes, aulos), Biil Taylor (lyre), John & Patrick Kenny (chimes)
Choir Of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Triplepipe, aulos, carnyx and Loughnashade horn: the odds are firmly against you ever having heard these dinosaurs of musical instrument history in action. This intriguing CD resurrects their... —
