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Nolan’s performance [of Messerer’s arrangement of the Bach chaconne] has grandeur and bite. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As you’d expect, the music is pre-eminently personable, eclectic, adroitly crafted, and gambists have rallied to the cause…Boothby is alive to their confiding intimacy and made-in-the-moment... — BBC Music Magazine, ****, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If the Saxophone Concerto is something of a curate’s egg, the Bass Drum Concerto, premiered in 2012, is for me one of the best concertos written this century. The bass drum’s diverse and versatile... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019 More…

…the first movement is deliberately cool in its initial stages; the subsequent ratcheting up of tension and pace, highly dramatic, still seems fresh. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 More…

their collective experience, wholehearted spirit and total commitment return handsome compensation for occasional rough ensemble edges, especially so in the 'Hallelujah Chorus' and final 'Amen'.... — Classic FM Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The recording debut of Gant’s youthful professional choir is a spirited one, encompassing both the popular folksy carols (The Holly and the Ivy, I Saw Three Ships, The Twelve Days of Christmas)... — Sunday Times, 14th December 2014 More…

Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2010 More…

absolutely first-class musicianship ... for sheer vocal beauty, you can't beat the performances ... The whole thing is just gorgeous, and if you love Christmas music recordings, well, what are... — Classics Today More…