Browse: Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum (choir)

How does one bring freshness to 'Praise to the Lord' or 'For lo I raise up'? The answer would seem to be group experience, for Benjamin Nicholas's soloists all come from the ranks of the choir... — International Record Review, July/August 2011 More…

…the boys sing with sonorous and rounded tone. Rarely can the choir have sounded on better form than they do here — Organists Review More…

There remains an intensity of passionate utterance in the most striking of Weelkes's works, balanced by a sober moderation in much else. He himself, as we learn from contemporary accounts, was... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Even when Rutter's very obviously in crowd-pleasing mode...the vernal freshness of the Tewkesbury boys' voices strips off the cloying patina more knowing, self-conscious adult voices often add... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The orchestra is alert, but in this recording the strings are often overwhelmed by the wind and timpani...The all-male choir is internally well balanced, though it's not always precisely on the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout, the trebles of the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum give excellent performances of impressive consistency under the leadership of their director, Benjamin Nicholas. They have an uninhibited,... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

The unaccompanied pieces fare particularly well, especially the disc’s title-track...In comparison to the Westminster Abbey Choir’s disc of music by Bairstow, Harris and Stanford, the Tewkesbury... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…