CD, Gjeilo (composer)

One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... — Choir & Organ, May 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Pitch-perfect harmonies, in dreamily sumptuous sonics. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The five-voice Apollo5 are impressively versatile in music ranging from Byrd to Bill Withers by way of Purcell and Gershwin, and there are moments of real beauty. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Warmly appeasing choral music...Mainly mellow in tone, though Dark Night of the Soul strikes deeper. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The singing is beautifully blended, the parts sensitively balanced, the absence of spurious vibrato a constant pleasure. Typically outstanding Hyperion sound caps this warmly recommendable issue. — BBC Music Magazine, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The repertoire chosen is strongly cinematic in feel, which is mostly stirring but does occasionally teeter into more clichéd territory. However, any lack of depth in a small handful of the tracks... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…