Pamela Helen Stephen

…the Salve Regina… is an amiable continuation of the Viennese Classical tradition… Susan Gritton sings it with gusto, while she and the other soloists form a well-blended quartet in the Mass,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…

This is the only current recording of the fragmentary Missa sunt bona mixta malis, consisting only of a brief setting of the Kyrie followed by a more expansive setting of the Gloria, which is... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The Creation Mass is no less resplendent or searching than, say, the Nelson Mass or the Harmoniemesse, a glorious affirmation of Haydn's reverent, optimistic yet by no means naive faith.
Even... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Few period bands have tackled this late, great work, and it comes up gleaming in the care of Collegium Musicum 90 under Richard Hickox's direction. Hickox's soloists are superb, too. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Haydn's first major work, the Salve regina of 1756, is here juxtaposed with his last, the Harmoniemesse of 1802, so-called because of its exceptionally full scoring for woodwind. The gulf between... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Once again, Edward Gardner shows that he excels in Szymanowski's rich orchestral tapestries. This performance mixes wild mystery with coruscating brilliance, somehow managing - despite being... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Writing of his old teacher in 1952, Vaughan Williams foretold that his time would come round again: 'With the next generation the inevitable reaction will set in and Stanford will come into... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…