Reviews

Editor's Choice: 'Listen to this blind and you'd swear there were at least a couple more players involved in several of works on this terrific survey of music by the Francœur brothers.'

Diamante d'Opéra: 'And here again, [Barbara Hannigan's] voice, with its unparalleled purity and truly divine high notes, ideally captures a child's wide-eyed wonder at life in paradise.'

Choc de Jazz Magazine: 'This live recording, full of warmth, gives us a Philip Catherine whose lyricism is always his signature ...'

' This outstanding portrait of Adams’ orchestral oeuvre is a fine way to celebrate the composer’s 75th birthday.'

Critic's Choice: 'The English Concert’s thirty-two members disarm criticism with their stylistic brilliance and technical dexterity (whether strings, oboes, recorders or brass). Harry Bicket’s superbly authoritative direction provides an ideal musical anchor for the singers, all of whom possess the requisite musicality and interpretive intelligence.'

'The album draws its charm, all of gravity, from the mixture of beauty and emotional tension of the melodic themes, but also from the very "vocal" playing of the warm timbres of the viola (Arnaud Thorette) and the cello (Antoine Pierlot) of the Contraste ensemble.'

Exceptional: 'The performance is simply spectacular and an absolute new reference ... The result is dazzling, bringing out all the grandiose power of this music.'

Choc de Classica: 'A challenge that Alexey Zuev meets with a masterly hand ...'

'Joy unbounded—just what many of us need right now ...'