EM Records

a sugar rush is skilfully sidestepped thanks to some adroit programming that leavens the ‘merry England’ period charm with strategically placed antidote...the star of the album is Ben McAteer... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Roderick Williams always seems to be trying to find a balance between drama and wistfulness, a balance that is rightly elusive. Beautifully supported by Michael Dussek and the Bridge, this is... — Classical Music, September 2020 More…

Richard Edgar-Wilson's light, clear tenor is effective in the great Winter Words, and in three atmospheric cycles by composers from Britten's native Suffolk. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These performances, recorded between 1979 and 2016, reflect the conductor’s love of English choral music, and cover a period of choral writing in which composers were greatly influenced by pastoral... — Choir & Organ, July 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Williams breathes rich life into this selection of light and romantic songs that overshadow a world premiere recording of the drearier Three Odes of Anacreon. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

By avoiding fussy rhetoric and allowing Holst’s setting to speak serenely on its own terms, they find the music’s effortless nobility, even if they cannot make its fortissimo ending sound other... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Bridge Quartet’s unaffected playing and oaky, wide-grained tone fits [this music] beautifully — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

David Owen Norris's attractive settings of Donne, Sassoon and others are followed by Britten's magnificent Donne cycle. Strong performances. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…