Signum

Their warmly engineered release of three of the Russian master's quartets is undoubtedly a fine achievement, boasting excellent ensemble, musical insight and sensitive attention to detail...cellist... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This varied, serene set of choral works only occasionally slips into schmaltzy territory. The choir shines when singing as an ensemble, bringing out Ešenvalds’s clever vocal techniques superbly. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

What hits you first and leaves you last when listening to this project is the astonishing, exhilarating musicianship of these singers…there’s no arguing with tuning that electrifies even the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2017 More…

Vivaldi’s use of colour and texture is, like the great Venetian painters before him, one of the defining characteristics of his style – as La Serenissima’s new disc vividly demonstrates. This... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These singers have come up with some of the most absorbing recorded experiences of a composer who, for all his unmistakable voice, had an extraordinarily broad range of expression and poetic... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The award-winning group Voces 8 is well-known for its wide-ranging programmes and accomplished technical control...In Monteverdi's Cantate Dominum (this is his 1620 setting, not the 1615 one)... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Sophie Bevan] sings with a full feminine tone, enchanting in the slow movements, while her sister Mary sings arias from Handel's 1709 Venetian opera, Agrippina…the surprise is Benjamin Bevan,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

This is an Alpine Symphony where the thrills are just that much more thrilling, the sublime moments more sublime, the lyrical line more lyrical. I’d place this Alpine Symphony beside the Karajan,... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…

The Bach transcriptions featured in Spira, Spera (Breathe, Hope) can help us find stillness better than any mindfulness tech…Like fellow Bach fan Angela Hewitt, Despax favours a Fazioli piano,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…