Browse: Gramophone Awards, Josquin (composer)

Lacking the brightness of trebles or sopranos, the vocal sound is warm, dark, plangent – compared with the glassy textures of The Tallis Scholars (who’ve recently recorded Josquin’s complete... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This would be a terrific Christmas present for your Josquin-fan friend. Not only are the performances all on an extremely high level but there are quite a lot of pieces here that you cannot otherwise... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2021 More…

As the programme unfolds from deft basse danses to Marchetto Cara’s sprightly Tante volte si si si we hear an impressive and persuasive attempt to uncover Leonardo’s subliminal music. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 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 individually... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2021 More…

the complex cross-rhythms in the Credo are adroitly handled. Although the performance is a semitone lower than modern pitch, movements such as the Gloria keep their brightness...You can hear... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This performance imagines them being sung in a 16th-century nunnery, so Brumel’s original low-voice scoring is transposed for female singers, with an organ and a viol providing lower parts. The... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The music on these two discs ranges from austere to luxuriant, urgent to serene. Magnificat’s director Philip Cave shapes poised, subtly expressive and finely balanced readings from the vocal... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…