Browse: CD, Grandi (composer)

It is worth recording that it does not have much of an actual Christmassy feel – only two pieces have texts specific to the occasion – but there is no doubt that its choice of music brings rich... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2023 More…

La Capella Ducale move through each shift of gears with expert ease, whether singing subtly nuanced ‘choral’ tutti passages (such as the suspension-laden concluding ‘Amen’ of the ‘Dixit Dominus’)... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2017 More…

Ensemble Les Surprises comprises eight performers, including the artistic director, who plays organ and harpsichord as needed. The brass players, critical participants in these works, crown themselves... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…

This new recording strikes me as being dedicated, earnest, and sweet-sounding, but I think there is more room for passion and drama. Grandi shines through every performance on every disc. Each... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

What Christmas music was sung during the English Civil War period? The York-based Ebor Singers answer that question in this fine anthology of works by Gibbons, Byrd, Dering, Jenkins and others. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lürig’s singers tend to sound slightly nasal (particularly among the tenors) but it’s a bright, buzzy, Italianate sound that’s entirely in sympathy with the repertoire. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…