Browse: Parsons, R (composer), Hymns

Carwood draws earthy, visceral performances; the ensemble's virile sound and Parsons's sinewy polyphony are a far cry from what some critics describe as the 'whitewashed', English choral tradition.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 More…

The four male members of New York Polyphony… are the core performers, augmented as necessary by a trio of female voices, the crystalline purity of the soprano contribution to Kenneth Leighton's... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

To mark 40 years of The Sixteen, its members have chosen 40 favourite recordings from the extensive catalogue. The personally written introductions to each track are a thoughtful touch. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the jutting vocal fanfares of [Weir's] Ave Regina caelorum set a brightly celebratory atmosphere at the disc's beginning...The seven-part writing of Hannah Kendall's numinous Regina caeli is... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…