Resonus Classics
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Rautio’s instrument has an unusually warm and rounded tone, which melds and contrasts satisfyingly with Victoria Simonsen’s cello and Gordon’s violin...And these players make the most of Beethoven’s... —
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Duruflé & Howells: Requiems
Kirsten Sollek (mezzo), Richard Lippold (baritone), Frederick Teardo (organ)
Myron Lutzke (cello)
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, John Scott
This release of two gems of the choral repertoire, sung with both passion and poise, makes an ideal memorial to conductor John Scott, who died in post in 2015. —
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The sound of this recording is spacious, clear, well balanced, and realistic, with excellent definition of the individual instruments and their timbres. This release demonstrates that the products... —
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Rautio leads performances notable for their buoyancy and vivacity…Tal offers elegant support to the piano’s left hand lines…[Gordon’s] is a full-bodied sound, only occasionally warmed by vibrato —
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Peter Hanson is a veteran of the period-instrument movement (he served as concertmaster of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for quarter of a century), and his tone is on the lean... —
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Farr uses the large array of 8ft stops to colourful effect, reserving the impressive plenum for such pieces as Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn. Eighteenth-century organs are challenging to play,... —
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Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes: See, See the Word is Incarnate
Choral & Instrumental Music by Gibbons, Tomkins & Weelkes
Robin Blaze, James Grimwood, Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Newe Vialles, Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort, Andrew Arthur
The general effect is impressive and warmly resonant, though the size of the choir (23 male and female singers) makes for a slight lack of clarity in the complex textures…The great musical treat... —
