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…these are strong, accounts, and admirers of the Third who want to explore Harris further won’t be disappointed. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s certainly no lack of prowess in these delightful performances. The Arabellas wisely err on the side of briskness for the faster music, but with no loss of grace or refinement…wonderful... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Each decade finds its favourite soloist for the Chants d'Auvergne: in the 1960s it was Natania Devrath, the 70s had Victoria de los Angeles, the 80s Kiri Te Kanawa, the 90s Dawn Upshaw.
They... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

One of the great classics of recording, expertly restored. Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling are an incomparable pair, and Beecham's conducting is, as ever, inimitable. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I would say that any disc which offered such a 24-carat Purcell selection in performances even half as good as these would be hard to resist. — Gramophone Magazine More…

If it does feel a lit tle more lithe and athletic in places, that ’s possibly down to Alsop much as to Mahler (the lively tempo and crisp articulation in the Fourth’s first movement are very... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recordings) More…

Douglas is ideally suited to this big-boned music, and relishes its darkly imposing and sometimes splashy textures...Wit draws a kaleidoscope performance, making this another valuable addition... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…