Challenge Classics

Koopman achieves a truly astonishing clarity and focus from 16 voices… He's superbly served, too, by his instrumentalists, horns flying effortlessly through uplifting strands of figures in... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

beautifully sung and performed by two undoubted specialists in this repertory, who make as good a case for recording as one can imagine. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Among the most beguiling works...is the concerto-aria 'Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe'...sung with fresh-toned vitality by Miriam Meyer. The solo and ensemble contributions from the remaining... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

For all that Buxtehude's vocal writing is pre-eminently singable, it's nonetheless his instrumental palette that grabs the ear...And it's the sheer effortless sparkle and freshness of the playing... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Well known and less familiar Vaughan Williams and Finzi songs, sung with technical elegance and fine spirit by the Dutch a capella vocal group Quink. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

an excellent demonstration of the benefits accruing when a composer is also a technically fine condcutor. There's a special atmosphere of absolute certitude and devotion about it...this is a... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These welcome reissues group by subject, rather than date of composition. However lack of texts/translations may, sadly, inhibit less confident purchasers. Tragedy and death were all-too-frequent... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…