'Canadian-British baritone David John Pike travels well in Vaughan Williams’ universe. He understands the evolutionary push these works gave to English parlour song, moving the art form into the 20th century and unimagined new realms of form and tonality' (The Whole Note, Canada)» More

‘There are forty-seven separate tracks here and on each one you will hear singing of the very highest quality. More than that you will experience music-making that’s born out of scholarship and a deep understanding of each composer’s music and how it should be presented; yet the scholarship is lightly worn. Nineteen very different and highly individual composers are represented and all are expertly served … a splendid representation of the art of The Tallis Scholars. If you are familiar with their work the set is a welcome and highly pleasurable way to refresh your memory. If you haven’t sampled much of their recorded output before—or if you’re unfamiliar with the richly rewarding field of Renaissance vocal music – then I hope this set may lead you to many new discoveries; you could not wish for better guides than Peter Phillips and his expert singers’ (MusicWeb International)

'A cappella arrangements of songs by Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Cole Porter serve as encores, allowing the BBC Singers to swing in slightly freer style together. Their high standards of execution, under Paul Brough's empathetic direction, grace the entire programme' (BBC Music Magazine)» More

'One of the more interesting of the tide of Britten centenary tributes, The Canticles features the five vocal settings composed at various points between 1947 and 1974, in which the ostensible religious themes disguise more secular interests—the barely veiled homoeroticism of Francis Quarles' seventeenth-century adoration of Christ in 'Canticle I', the allegorical linking of Blitz and Crucifixion in the Edith Sitwell powem used for 'Canticle III' etc. Set to piano parts occasionally reflecting the influence of the French Romantics, the most intriguing realisations are those on which tenor Ben Johnson is joined by other voices—with baritone and countertenor as the three Magi in 'Canticle IV', and most sublimely, paired with countertenor for the Abraham and Isaac story of 'Canticle II'' (The Independent)

‘If [Irene Scharrer]'s remembered from her recordings it’s really only the one, and that was ironically the last she made, Litolff’s Scherzo from the Concerto symphonique with Henry Wood accompanying … she was simply a 'marvellous musician … one of Britain’s great pianists’ (MusicWeb International)» More

'Pèlerinage highlights from Wales's pre-eminent pianist' (Gramophone)

‘The Apollonian art of the Tallis Scholars seems to have found in Mouton's balanced and masterly counterpoint a language which exactly suits them. As in the past with Palestrina—and perhaps even more with Josquin—their singing thrills; and makes thrilling the rediscovery of a master of masters’ (Diapason, France)» More

'Alessio Bax is joined by the Southbank Sinfonia in dynamic performances of Mozart's Piano Concertos No 24 and 27. The Italian-born pianist reaffirms his prize-winning credentials in a recording that comes highly recommended' (The Northern Echo)

'Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s days as one of Mily Balakirev’s ‘Mighty Handful’ (Credo: a more purely Russian art music, as opposed to the Austro-German orthodoxy), resulted in the ebullient, vivid pieces found on this recording with the composer utilising influences from both Russia and other countries. The suite from his opera The Invisible City of Kitezh is evocatively realised, as is its stablemate Sheherazade (thought the latter has had more idiomatic readings). The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov deliver the scores with panache' (Classical CD Review, USA)

'Cellist Jamie Walton, a founder of the North York Moors festival, is joined by the Philharmonia Orchestra for recordings of Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor and Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor. Warm and incisive readings' (The Northern Echo)

''A Doll's House' is a collection of mostly short (two- to six-minute) and refreshingly varied pieces by British composers born between 1943 and 1973, commissioned and performed by the percussion quartet Ensemble Bash now celebrating its twentieth anniversary. Their crisp precision and commitment to each work is abetted by vividly close-up and detailed engineering plus rapid DJ-like segues between selections that create a seamless, sustained programme' (Gramophone)

'A treasurable multi-tracked adaptations of Britten folksong arrangements' (Sinfini Music)» More