Browse: Choral, Kirkpatrick (composer)

The group’s name suggests a band of wrongly imprisoned miscreants, but they make celestial sounds in Vaughan Williams’s neo-plainsong The Truth Sent from Above and Holst’s Lullay My Liking. The... — Sunday Times, 15th December 2019 More…

Their high quality is evident in Veni – Songs of Christmas II, a recital with a pronounced Norwegian flavour, though expressive accounts of works by Bach and Ives signal international credentials.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

You either love or hate Rutter's Christmas music, but for me, Christmas is John Rutter. Complete with sublime melodies, choir-friendly textures and just the right amount of frivolity, this disc... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 More…

This superior seasonal disc, chiefly of carols (some with organ played by Luke Bond), is satisfyingly divided into three parts: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Each starts with a plainchant,... — Sunday Times, 8th December 2019 More…

This album stems from a lockdown project designed to lif t the spirits, and boy does it still do so. The choir is warm and, as ever, pitch perfect, but it’s Taylor Scott Davis’s sparkling , roof-raising... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…