Chamber, Dowland (composer)

Phantasm here offers the same flawless playing that has earned its members consistent, well-deserved accolades. Despite the brooding nature of the music, their sound is luminous and tempos are... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Shibe performs with superb artistry some of the now classics that Bream inspired...Prime in any such catalogue is Britten's 1963 Nocturnal after John Dowland, and Shibe gathers the listener... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

The unique features, superb playing, recording and annotation make this an issue of unusual interest and irresistible attraction — Gramophone MagazineMore…

Padmore provides context by singing Dowland's original song before Craig Ogden steals in, alert to the Nocturnal's every nuance, and with a palette of colours both caressing and disquieting.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Many quartets have broken the tradition of single-composer discs. The Castalians do it with top performances and meticulous imagination. — The Guardian, 16th April 2022More…

Dowland himself was prepared to countenance performances with violin consort. This is the less familiar route Holloway and his colleagues have chosen, deploying four violas atop a bass violin...The... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This must have been an enthralling concert. It’s almost impossible to imagine Schubert’s Death and the Maiden in a string orchestral arrangement better played, with Kopatchinskaja a dynamic... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…