Harmonia Mundi

Creed's singers..[flow] with a delightful ease through Bach's taxing figurations - treating voices as if texted instruments. He binds together the contrasting sections of Lobet den Herrn with... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The Huelgas's radiant performance of this magical six-part Requiem (1521, probably) would surely have delighted Josquin. Plus six gorgeous motets. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Harmonia Mundi's budget series typically provides no songtexts; but Werner Gura's uniquely elqouent tenor makes these settings flower so that literal translations are barely necessary. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

No ensemble delivers Renaissance chansons with as much character, colour and energy as Ensemble Clement Janequin. The texts (sadly online only) and music run from the earthy to the ethereal. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Nothing is left in the locker in these terrifically raw and punchy performances of a much-loved symphony and all-too-rarely heard ballet. Tempos plod a little here and there in the Seventh,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This set starts very well. Pablo Heras-Casado’s performance of the ‘Spring’ Symphony is fresh and exhilarating with moments of warmth and tenderness, but also with that nervous, slightly edgy... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

Charpentier’s idylle en musique blooms sweetly in this intimately scaled performance. Vocal style has moved in but the tone of the strings, flutes and recorders is delectable. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…