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Todd clearly loves and understands jazz… he does not use jazz forms and accents merely as exotic colourings but embraces their spirit and vibrancy. Todd is well served by the brass, reed and... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards 2006 More…

Tamsin Waley-Cohen is certainly not afraid to let her violin rasp dirtily…nonetheless, she also has a creamy lyricism, and she doesn't shy away from the occasional lilting portamento…it is the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

This new recording, with a cast of youthful, fresh-voiced soloists and an ingenuous approach, recaptures the spirit of the first known performance in a Chelsea boarding school for 'young gentlewomen'…Rachel... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2015 More…

I loved the music, which stands up well to anthologising; an Evening Service for Selwyn College, Cambridge was a particular highlight, as was an intriguing sequence of three Shakespeare texts,... — Choir & Organ, May 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The two sounds [of the mixed and male voice choirs] are well differentiated, the fresh clarity of the boys contrasting with the more mature sounds of the young women ... [a] cleverly devised... — Choir & Organ, November 2014 More…

There are treasures [here] not least the rapt performances of Cornelius’s The Three Kings, where Peter Lidbetter is an eloquent soloist, and a delicately inflected, touching account of Elizabeth... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Nigel Short's choir Tenebrae performs the gargantuan work with untiring skill. His four fruity basses sound authentically Russian on the ubiquitous pedal notes. — Classic FM Magazine, April 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Tenebrae handle these pieces with typical confidence and a respectful modesty – no bravura effects. The title prayer is a perfect introduction to the composer at 50, eclectically derived from... — Choir & Organ, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rameau fans will rejoice over this world premiere recording … there’s elegant, expressive heart-warming singing from Matthew Brook and Anna Dennis. One of the chief pleasures lies in the band’s... — Choir & Organ, March 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…