Ockeghem

To say that Ockeghem composed some of the loveliest songs of the 15th century seems almost a cliché. But Scott Metcalfe and his musicians confirm that in spades. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…

From the outset, performing with one voice to a part, the malevoice ensemble The Gesualdo Six brings the intimacy and detail of consort music to these accounts...Throughout the programme, the... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars(Recording) More…

The signal virtue of Blue Heron’s Ockeghem is that they give the music room to breathe: this has always been rare in performances of 15th-century song and it pays instant dividends. Innumerable... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

It’s good to be prepared for the vigorous singing with close microphones. A “full-blooded vocal technique” reveals the passion and emotion inherent in these songs, which Rodin characterizes... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2021 More…

Sorensen achieves a convincing transition between the two styles, using the plainchant as a kind of mediation...Sorensen specifies the positioning of the choir and individual voices: the outstanding... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The poetic French chansons included here intoxicated the European courts and cities with their ravishingly wistful melodies, delicately intertwined. Gothic Voices and veteran harpist Andrew... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…