Hi Res Download, Sullivan, A (composer)

At the heart of the album is the cycle Huit Chansons de Fleurs, by Ricky Ian Gordon. He’s no slouch when it comes to picturing words in his music – so we have drunken bees teetering along the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Like soprano Mary Bevan, tenor Ben Johnson and baritone Ashley Riches, [Whately] brings clear diction and a good range of tone to the material – much of it forgotten today...in Whately’s visionary... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Half-forgotten overtures show the vigour of Britain's musical revivial throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…

[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Much of the solo singing is attractive but it lacks a certain theatrical extroversion and character essential to Sullivan's genius for drama and his affinity for the Italian and French stage.... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

One would have to travel very far to find an album of British a cappella (mostly) music as beautifully sung as this...The Sixteen’s singing, like Mike Hatch’s recording, is as excellent as one... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2023 More…