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Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

These works demand a conductor with theatrical instincts, and Leonardo García Alarcón certainly supplies that...his ability to shape expressive gestures within the music through added rests,... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Ensemble Les Surprises comprises eight performers, including the artistic director, who plays organ and harpsichord as needed. The brass players, critical participants in these works, crown... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…

Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Listening to No. 9 on the piano is a curious experience, but if the variety of tone-colour of the orchestral (and vocal) original is inevitably diminished, the music's harmonic boldness and... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Prohaska’s communicative voice is, by-and-large, pleasing, even though my sensibilities were sometimes disturbed by her inclination towards over-emphasis...The instrumentalists of Lautten Compagney... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Le Concert de la Loge treat it all with power and premiere energy, the Dies Irae driven along, never allowed to touch the ground, the ‘Rex Tremendae’ attentively articulated by orchestra and... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

the All-Night Vigil appears here a denuded museum artefact, displayed alongside a distantly related musical tradition that ’s presented in a more vibrant and authentic style. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Mead began as a choral scholar in England and is known for his clear diction and vocal poise, while Lazarevitch studied in Paris and Brussels, and has an eclectic approach to instrumental performance,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Niquet’s recording is an honest piece of work, but interesting too for its divergences from Gardiner’s, Most noticeable, Niquet tips the balance between choir and orchestra in favour of the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…