The bright, jangling soundworld of Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth immediately cleanses the aural palate...the BBC Singers bring their customary high standards of versatility and exectuion to the table.

a gorgeous, rounded sound … it works very well indeed.

This CD…is to be welcomed not only for the excellence of the execution of the music but also for the opportunity it affords to sample what is, in effect, a major retrospective of Weir’s choral output from a 25-year period … David Hill presides over this important release to the manner born. A significant addition to the too-small Weir discography.

Vocal - particularly choral - music has been a strong and persistent thread through Judith Weir's output from the start and this collection brings together works from a 25-year period…clarity of thought and texture is apparent in the concise setting of the unaccompanied Magnificat and Nunc dimittis…the high quality [of these interpretations] bode well.

The performances are as expert as you would expect, with the BBC Singers under their very experienced choral director David Hill … A lovely disc.

tasteful, spirited and affectionate.

We start in the cathedral, with the densely spiralling alleluias of Weir’s mesmerisingly beautiful millennium anthem, All the Ends of the Earth. The simpler textures of her Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis occasionally find the choir sounding harsh up high, but theirs is a vibrant sound, never bland.

This invigorating selection of Judith Weir’s choral music is nothing if not varied.