Reviews

'... performed with a quality rarely heard: what expressiveness, what eloquence, what drama! The accompaniment of orchestra and choir, under the very fine and theatrical baton of Bestion de Camboulas, is equally exceptional.'

Choc de l'année 2021: 'Everything he touches is simply miraculous ... a splendid disc made with family reunions.'

'Gens is in thrilling voice ... Warmly recommended.'

'... open your ears to playing of miraculous focus recorded with breathtaking realism ... Lyricism is paramount here and the Fitzwilliams make this score sing beautifully.'

'The result is the ideal marriage of inventive composition and perfect realization, it being impossible to imagine more sensitive playing.'

Album of the Week: 'With its 16 members, the choir provides flawless contributions. There is also a French touch to the soloist team ... top soprano Sandrine Piau, who sings beautifully in her great solo O salutaris hostia.'

'Impressively unclassifiable but also eloquently pulsating, the interpretations by Rivers of Sound of ElSaffar’s creations add polychrome musical tints to already considered programs.'

Recommended: 'I can’t begin to tell you how the likes of the Dunedin Consort bring us such a wonderful recording as this of Cantata 106, only that they do.'

'Beauty of tone, poetry, style, expressive control of vibrato, Lucy Crowe gives life and meaning to what she sings ... able to count on Anna Tilbrook's attentive, nuanced piano, orchestral when necessary.'