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Camerata Bern accompanies the violinist on this latest foray into the meaning of life, the universe and everything. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This collection has been programmed with considerable care. Machaut's glorious Messe de Nostre Dame forms its centre, both in terms of its musical substance and its famously provocative rhythmic... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Their approach is rather different from the refined blend of such pioneering groups as Gothic Voices; exploiting, instead, the contrasts in timbre and character between the four voices and varying... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

That evergreen theme of courtly love inspires in Machaut extraordinary harmonies and beautiful, primitive counterpoint. The singers combine pin-sharp tuning and gentle phrasing in this seductive... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Machaut at his most engaging and varied...this really is one bullseye after another...Rarely since the Gothic Voices has the vocalisation of the lower lines appeared so self-evidently the right... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

Bringing all this music seamlessly together are the remarkable sonic possibilities offered by the combination of cello and viola or viola d'amore. A fiddle and electronics are added for good... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 More…

[Venner and Dobell] display the most magnificent articulation of the texts alongside the understanding of the lines gained from their senior colleagues...Those who know the Orlando Consort will... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

Here we get a mix of 13 songs and motets taken from across his output, sung with suavity and control…'Quant en moy/Amour' provides a lesson in quiet poise and ensemble — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The centrepiece of this disc is Le lay de confort, a setting of the longest, a setting of the longest of the poetic forms available to Machaut…The Orlandos show remarkable staying power here,... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2018 More…

As we have come to expect with this group, the performances are eminently professional and poised. The duet Riches d’amour is marvellously tuned and lithe, and several of the solo pieces (Dame... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…