Resonus Classics

With her mezzo still steady and her diction a model, she is able to convey the varied repertoire here with admirable focus and expressivity, ideally supported by expert accompanist Simon Lepper. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sonoro’s 18 singers are full-voiced, drawn from opera as well as the choral world. This isn’t a Tenebrae or a Polyphony, where blend is paramount, but an ensemble where individual voices push... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2020 More…

The collegiate blend of the Trinity Hall Choir, seductive and ravishing as it is, adds a plush Anglican gloss that sometimes works against the edgy grain of the always-compelling instrumental... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Their easy rapport guarantees 70 minutes of delight in the sequence of airs and dances that owe their structure to the Italian church sonata, but sound unmistakably French. — Sunday Times, 14th August 2016 More…

a cleverly assembled programme of largely anonymous contemporary songs. — Choir & Organ, January/February 2021 More…

One can simply relax and enjoy Farr's rock-steady rhythmic playing, crisp articulation and commanding overview. His approach is refreshingly unfussy and quirk-free, and he draws on an unfailingly... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

The magic and sparkle of this selection is low key, with Owens presiding over traditional pieces, plainsong, carols and chorales. It’s beautifully articulate, though, and it creates a soothing... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Probably the most important work on Matthew Owens’s new release is the Ciacona in F minor, a lovely and gently flowing piece that calls for maybe just a little more rhetorical freedom than it... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…