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Joubert’s disturbing anti-war statement South of the Line (1985) is the major work on this powerfully performed disc of the composer’s choral music. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Pride of place foes to Joubert's 1977 Second Quartet, an impressive piece played with great conviction by the Brodsky Quartet, in the best recording of the set. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Here the outstanding performance [of the Second Quartet] is flanked by accounts of the First and Third marked by equal intensity and responsiveness to mood, and similarly well recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

what you would expect from a guide so consistently sympathetic, articulate and engaging — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

April Fredrick’s passion and clarity rings out from every register, and David Stout’s searing cries during Act II are hard to forget. Kenneth Woods and his orchestra revel in the opera’s melodic... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…I am mightily impressed by the quality of inspiration on show. …all these performances are as convincing as they are dedicated; presentation, too, is admirable (the composer himself supplies... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 More…

Although none of the movements is based on traditional symphonic forms, there is a powerful cogency to Joubert’s writing that underlines its dark-hued intensity. Boughton shapes the surging phrases... — Classical Music, August 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…