Resonus Classics

The ‘master and pupil’ ethos runs through both the repertoire and Sestina’s modus operandi, and this gorgeous compilation of stylish interpretations is the classiest of calling-cards. — Choir & Organ, September 2022 More…

Wallfisch is at his best when he empties the vibrato from his voice, as in the softly gracious Stirb, Lieb’ und Freud! and Erstes Grün, two further songs from that incredible year. Rushton plays... — The Observer, 8th September 2019 More…

Given McCabe’s stature as a composer (and pianist) over a long career, I was surprised to read that only one of the works on this disc had been recorded before. Tom Winpenny is therefore to be... — Choir & Organ, July 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Menno van Delft, [Brachetta's] former teacher, takes the second part in [a] masterly adaptation [of Platée] that conveys more the spirit than the letter of the work…[they] play as though on one... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

What makes this release unusual is that they are all for what Telemann might have called a Hautboisten Band, which is to say an ensemble of oboes and bassoons with continuo…Syrinx, a UK-based... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

The Dudok Quartet responds brilliantly to all [the] facets of Ligeti’s persona, and their performance can fully stand comparison with the Arditti Quartet’s 1994 recording, which was supervised... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Rounded, velvet tones; impeccably secure intonation; sweetly subtle dynamics: I felt I was taking a sumptuous bath in nothing but golden syrup…everything here is nimble and bright, and well worth... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Seamlessly blended by choirmaster Matthew Owens, who has cultivated a bright, gleaming sonority, and the type of crisp attack heard to good effect in the Zither Carol…this is a desirable collection — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…