Browse: Choral, Masses, Cherubini (composer)

Niquet brings fresh artistry and specifically French authority honed over decades with Le Concert Spirituel to both works. For me, this is a prize-winning disc — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

It’s a superbly burnished and powerful instrument: firm in the lower registers; steely but beautiful at the top, with a terrific sheen...This box is invaluable for anyone wanting to hear one... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2020 More…

Frieder Bernius has the measure of this music, as do the choir with their lively "Quam olim Abrahae" fugue, but also, after the rather cursory "Sanctus" that was French custom, with a serene... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 More…

Here’s a very fine period instrument recording of Cherubini’s Requiem. Conductor Václav Luks adopts a searching approach to the opening Kyrie...The choir – at 20 members, chamber-sized – is supercharged,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Cherubini's C minor Requiem was admired by both Berlioz and Beethoven, with good reason, since both owed a great deal to a work that isn't far short of a masterpiece. For Beethoven, the music's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

As soon as Danco starts to sing, her identity is unmistakable, a bright, vibrant voice, impassioned in its delivery, with perfect diction and an intuitive grasp of text. ‘The Decca Recitals’... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…