Browse: Marcel Pérès (conductor)

12th-century music associated with the veneration of St James at Santiago de Compostela’s cathedral. Characterful vocalism from the eight male voices, including the spectacular basso profundo... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ensemble Organum’s Easter vespers chants are characteristically supple, but it’s a lightbulb moment when the eponymous two-part textures emerge, sonorous, timeless – a window on another world. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

An extraordinary hypnotic account of music from 12-century Jerusalem associated with the Templars, sung with vigour by Ensemble Organum. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a compelling, richly ornamented account of the earliest known polyphonic mass by a named composer; exquisite, otherworldly harmonies and eternal words, delivered with clarity, passion... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Low pitch, chest voice performances shorn of ethereal trappings from Marcel Peres’s seven female singers. For those of an ascetic disposition. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The singing is spirited, and the music is enhanced by simple but effective means (eg the drones in 'Benedicamus Domino'). — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…