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Wait until the neighbours are out, turn up the volume, give your speakers a thorough workout and yourself a tingle up the spine. Full organ. Blazing magnificence. No one plays this sort of repertoire... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Pascoe’s large-scale choral work has some sublime a cappella moments and big, bold orchestral writing, though the word-setting is occasionally awkward. It receives first-rate performances right... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Like much other music written for cathedral choirs, the works on this disc often inhabit an engaging post-Vaughan Williams world, with a periodic sprinkling of spice in the harmony, but nothing... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These young voices bring a delightful freshness to this demanding repertoire. — Choir & Organ, March 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Written with practicality in mind, Ayres’s anthems are all about generous simplicity: big, juicy unison lines, warm three- or four-part homophony and affirmative, tonal-with-a-scrunch harmonies.... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…

A fascinating anthology tracing the development of a distinctive voice in American choral music. Half the items are first recordings, and the performances are consistently outstanding. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…