Presto Recordings of the Year, Lully (composer)

Chance’s tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation’s most exciting British countertenor. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2023More…

His technical strengths emerge clearly in the way in which he negotiates the switchback turns of Vivaldi’s ‘Cada pur sul capo’ (from Artabano), the cascading melodies of Porpora’s ‘Nocchier,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Words are Gens’s secret weapon. She brings out their meanings and sonic qualities like no other singer: spiked rhythms register her vitriol, towering anger splits open her vowels on top notes... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

He doesn’t let the fact that some of this music is inherently unpianistic get in his way…It’s a beautifully programmed disc – so much so that it begs to be heard complete. And the sense that... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020More…

Here is an unusual and delightful programme from bassoonist and director Peter Whelan...Irish Baroque Orchestra with its several concertante players imbue the music with lucidity and a spirited... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

For all Adrian Bradbury’s richly seductive tone, stylistic sensitivity and evident affection for the music (not to mention pianist Andrew West ’s illuminating rapport), it’s with the Cyril Scott... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…