Browse: Thomas Gould (violin)

As a concept, this collection of songs inspired by rugged British landscapes is intriguing. The delivery is powerful, but borders on twee at moments. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 2 out of 5 stars More…

So bold are Glenn Gould's fingerprints on the score, not just in the intricate decorations but also the colours, the phrasing, the idiosyncratic articulation, that it is more an arrangement of... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is one of the finest produced song albums that’s come my way. All three singers, recognised artists in their vocal prime, perform their allotted songs with commitment and character. They... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The repertoire chosen is strongly cinematic in feel, which is mostly stirring but does occasionally teeter into more clichéd territory. However, any lack of depth in a small handful of the tracks... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Here [Gould] is found live in Riga, playing the Beethoven concerto with a pure, shining, even spiritual lyricism, accompanied by the lean forces of the Sinfonietta Riga...The Lark Ascending makes... — Financial Times, 2nd May 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The dedication of the performers...and the clarity and immediacy of the recording, are all highly impressive. Those drawn to music whose contemporaneity does not exclude accessibility should... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2022 More…

There are lissom performances of Finzi’s pastoral miniatures Prelude, Romance and A Severn Rhapsody, and conductor Nicholas Collon shapes the Three Soliloquies from Love’s Labour’s Lost with... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016 More…

This album stems from a lockdown project designed to lif t the spirits, and boy does it still do so. The choir is warm and, as ever, pitch perfect, but it’s Taylor Scott Davis’s sparkling , roof-raising... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…