Browse: Purcell - Sefauchi's Farewell, Z656

Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful By beauteous softness, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … there’s... — BBC Music Magazine More…

This is repertory...that for the most part suits his dark, handsome-sounding alto uncommonly well. Long, slowly unfolding lines are sustained with consummate ease and his coloratura has admirable... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…

this is solid playing, and the recital’s premise isn’t lacking in imagination. But it feels like a narrative has been devised to fit the programme after the fact. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

Gilbert offers an urbane and stylish alternative to Richard Egarr's more theatrical set. Instrument and recording are beautifully married. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…