Kings College

Cleobury is on peak form. Clearly he has had the music in his fingers and feet for many years: one is left with the sense that all problems were solved long ago…and of course, the King's College... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…

The standard of the performance is high, so long as you want a liturgical version, one that might be used at a service...This is an educative set, and it is interesting to listen to the alternative... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The choral sound is candid and transparent, the lower, adult voices sensitively balanced so as not to swamp the delicate timbre of the boy choristers. His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts offer... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Christopher Purves sings magnificently, spinning an enviable thread of legato through the narrative of each song. A consummate actor, too, with commanding diction, he invariably finds a distinctive... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gowers conveys the fundamental musicality of the work. There is a sense here that he feels the music, that he shares much of Messiaen’s vision and that he knows exactly what he wants the music... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The voices are warmly blended by Daniel Hyde, director of music since 2019, and show the choir confidently developing a fresh identity in the post-Stephen Cleobury era. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…