Reviews

'La Morra illuminates this very special sound world with natural expression and great joy in playing ... an inspiring insight into the musical life of late medieval Krakow.'

'Incorporating a wide range of references and influences, from the Ornettian wink to Wayne Shorter's atmospheric free jazz, this young up-and-coming band has many good qualities.'

'A cornucopia of Venetian chamber music with numerous first recordings.'

'With weight and shadow added to her light and easy voice, Piau recreates an ideal Handel world with her superb technique.'

'... a Chineke! commission, Ayanna Witter-Johnson’s Blush, is tightly played under William Eddins, full of locomotive energy ... Peter Maxwell Davies’s A Spell for Green Corn is superb here under Marin Alsop and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.'

'From the outset, we are carried away by the perfect Stabat Mater Dolorosa, performed by Jodie Devos and Adèle Charvet. The rest is in keeping with this and deserves a religious listening.'

'Whether it is a Kyrie from the 11th century or a modern piece, the programme of the company La Tempête around the god of Sleep is powerfully captivating. A true ode to rest.'

'They have poured into it all the musical wisdom they’ve acquired over three decades of listening and multi-instrumental experimentation, and the results have great charm.'

'La Tempête’s projects always give one plenty to think about. Here their subject is sleep and its metaphorical adjunct, death, but also trancelike states ... Bestion’s singers are very flexible, and frequently superb.'