Delphian
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Emily Howard: The Anvil
RecommendedKate Royal, Claire Booth (sopranos), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Ben Gernon, Vimbayi Kaziboni
it’s an immersive and emotional experience...Visceral and brilliant. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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MacMillan: Since it was the day of preparation…
RecommendedBrindley Sherratt (bass)
Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals
Since it was the day of preparation is on the face of it a chamber piece, with just ten performers needed. Yet in an extraordinarily perceptive and affecting manner it broaches enduring universal... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th June 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth
RecommendedSophie Bevan, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Tim Mead (countertenor), Ed Lyon (tenor), William Berger (bass)
Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle
Both Bevans sing with lustrous tone, natural agility and exquisite decorations, Lyon and William Berger (Time) with taut elegance and Tim Mead (Counsel) with immaculate poise. Though Neville-Towle's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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The Hermes Experiment’s calm exterior often hides a powerful force that darts about energetically beneath...[Its] main strength lies in its ability to adapt to the particular needs, demands... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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These formidable chamber musicians range effortlessly through the centuries and around the globe, recognising no stylistic boundaries. Their mesmerising soundworld is supported by a glowing,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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Dillon, who has latterly worked at IRCAM, doesn’t over-egg the electronics, knowing that a light touch is more effective than pell-mell indulgence. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Contemporary
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Adriatic Voyage: Seventeenth-Century Music from Venice to Dalmatia
RecommendedThe Illyria Consort (early music ensemble), Bojan Čičić (violin), Marian Consort (leadvocalist), Rory McCleery, Gawain Glenton
Throughout, singers and instrumentalists breathe and communicate as one, their rapport unbreakable. A recording, in short, packed with fresh discoveries at every turn; and a vivid snapshot of... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Day of These Days
The British Isles Reflected in Song
Tristan Hambleton (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)
It's the quality of the performances as much as the attractions of an unusual programme (eight items new to disc) that make this assemblage so desirable. Everything is considered, imaginative... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Vocal Choice
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There isn’t a dull or uninteresting track anywhere on this CD ... Tabea Debus is the kind of virtuoso who makes you forget how superb she is technically, by the completeness with which she puts... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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It’s hard to resist. Here is a choir in which all the elements are held in perfect equilibrium. Patrick Allies ponders every note before moulding lines whose suppleness in turn coalesce into... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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