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The experienced choral director Paul Spicer is an ideal advocate of this varied repertoire, in both his interpretations and his booklet notes. The glory of his Birmingham student choir is its... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Light, agile and bright, The Queen’s Choir are a good advertisement for the traditional Oxbridge sound. Their upper voices – no countertenors here, incidentally – are fresh and agile, youthful... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2020 More…

Goodey is a persuasive advocate for an engaging selection of contemporary music, including Edwin Roxburgh's 1979 At the Still Point of the Turning World..., which uses electronic delay and treatment... — BBC Music Magazine, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Committed playing throughout by the Schubert Ensemble… those who've already acquired the earlier volume need not hesitate: an ideal starting-point to experience the rewards of Chamber Music 2000 — Gramophone Magazine More…

The centrepiece is the triptych by John Duggan...Susanna Fairbairn and Robert Vanryne duet sweetly in the first 'panel'...Another high point is John Mundy's De Lamentatione, reconstructed by... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…

A disc of new commission to mark the WW1 centenary. The tone is broadly reflective, though American Frank Ferko finds some lighter shadings. Fine, sympathetic performances. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

One couldn't ask for better performances... full of inventive spirit. — BBC Music Magazine More…