Browse: CD, Hume, T (composer)

A fascinating historical snapshot into the performing styles of early music during the mid 1950s. Thurston Dart secures neat playing but constant vibrato from the violins jars after a while. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Kirkby, with her half-a-century’s experience in this repertoire, lends perceptive insights both to the poetic texts and the musical settings. Words are beautifully etched with a dark, inky tone... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Time is always well spent in the musical company of Captain Tobias Hume...The performances are exemplary...There is a hint of the Celtic here and there, while A Souldiers Resolution is admirably... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

brilliant playing, musically compelling… he is a consummate artist and his playing illuminates everything he plays…such virtuosity and freedom that emphasises the music rather than himself… an... — Early Music Review, August 2014 More…

Every now and then, a CD is released that knocks one’s reviewing socks off with its combined originality of repertoire and quality of musical performance...the music dances, muses and mourns... — Charlotte Gardner, bbc.co.uk, 28th April 2010 More…

delightful and thoroughly enjoyable … unmitigated pleasure. — International Record Review, September 2014 More…