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Whether or not these vocal works were meant to be sung by male singers is debateable, but Helen Charlston’s rich, deep timbre make such distinctions irrelevant. Supple, controlled and vibrato... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Ruby Hughes’s soprano has an effortless beauty: pliant, subtly expressive, never forced. She captures the chaste fervour of the sacred works…Brinkmann and Nordberg proffer aptly spontaneous... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If an hour and a quarter of music based on 16 bars appears daunting, take courage from the immense stylistic variety over 200 years and the splendidly colourful range of instruments playing... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Halász avoids cliché, the more familiar repertoire tempered by the lesser known, and contrasts of style and substance. Halász’s playing is deeply expressive, finding a huge variety of tones.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

there’s a sense of eavesdropping on a spontaneous yet eloquently-argued soliloquy. Colouring is subtle, conversational banter deftly managed, and Lindberg’s tempos always feel spot on, allowing... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There’s nothing didactic about Jonas Nordberg’s Dowland – nor does he wallow in the melancholy often associated with the English Renaissance master. Instead, the Swedish lutenist draws us into... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…