Delphian

The quality of the repertoire is matched by the quality of the playing. This is a group with a bright future. — MusicWeb International, August 2008More…

The surprise is how charming his music can be, when it is not weighed down by his cleverness. He can slyly wrong-foot us with waltzes, or beguile with a serene homage...Bach is a constant presence,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This performance of Strauss's Deutsche Motette has the right quality of rapture...Credit to the conductor David Trendell for eliciting from his combined college choirs, whose youthful freshness... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

an agreeable collection of works … a strong roster of composers — International Record Review, June 2013More…

his early promise is made clear by the first two string quartets. The First Quartet (1949) is a sizeable work whose four-movement format is by no means orthodox...Considerably shorter, the Second... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2012More…

The performances do the music proud, not least the limpidly precise pianism of Mary Dullea and soulful clarinet-playing of Robert Plane, while the sound has a clarity and perspective equally... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012More…

The reconstructed instrument technology is impressive, from the growling trombone-like lituus and the eloquent twin-piped aulos, to the water-driven hydraulis organ...The actual music is so... — The Observer, 2nd September 2018More…

Spanning almost half a century, this programme is illuminating in its contrasts and for what it reveals about these two very different figures…Foyle and Štšura handle it with commanding aplomb…[Penderecki’s]... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 starsMore…