Browse: Paul Van Nevel (conductor)

The Huelgas Ensemble use two or more voices per part in accordance with the size of Daser’s own court chapel choir and this larger ensemble creates a rich, wellbalanced sound which at times I... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

With its roster of star conductors specialising in contemporary music, and recordings of superfine technical quality, this well-filled disc provides satisfaction and provocation in equal measure. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

The Huelgas Ensemble have recorded a masterly recital of works by Cipriano de Rore, subtitled 'Music, Mirror of the text'. That's an apt description of much of Rore's output, but the inspired... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This extremely well-recorded performance finely conveys the music's searing struggle to cohere; and while some of the more austere episodes might strain the listener's concentration, they are... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

This live performance from the Huelgas Ensemble ahs all the intimacy of chamber music, thanks to its conversational ensemble playing and unforced singing. Mezzo Michaela Riener is aptly silver-toned... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Can a Renaissance composer represented by only four surviving pieces be any good? The Huelgas Ensemble’s director, Paul Van Nevel, certainly thinks so. This requiem, low-pitched and delivered... — Sunday Times, 12th July 2020 More…