Reviews

'This CD is an enrichment of the discographies, because here we hear a different side of a composer who is primarily known for his Latin church music.'

'Anna Prohaska creates entire worlds when she sings … This album made me cry, laugh, dream, yearn, and think hard about what life demands from us. It’s far and away the best vocal music I’ve heard in a long time.'

'Twenty-five year old Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan gives the most memorable account of Johann Sebastian Bach‟s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, that I can recall hearing in some time.'

'This recording will appeal especially to those wishing to expand their knowledge of the music of German composers of this period, but it should also prove attractive to general listeners.'

'He plays the preludes with great propriety and fantasy, the sarabandes with pause and delectation and the allemandes with nobility and dignity. The great pavanne is of rare exquisiteness, restrained, but very eloquent.'

Editor's Choice: '... an inspired piece of programming ... another beguiling album from this superb artist. Highly recommended.'

'As for the vocal performance, the words have seldom been delivered with so much vivid life and with such clarity. Every word can be understood even without the notes.'

Recording of the Month: 'Listeners will get the most out of And Love Said if they fully embrace it for what it is, an entertaining and beautifully planned and performed mixed recital, chock full of unexpected delights.'

'Despite the density of the polyphonic fabric, this recording is very transparent. It is a masterly achievement by the singers and the recording team. With this recording of motets by Sheppard with a choir of boys' and men's voices, one perhaps comes closer to the original performance style than ever before.'