Anna Tilbrook

I’d suggest that not since Martin Isepp accompanied Janet Baker on that bargain Saga long-player from many moons ago has a British singer made a more auspicious recital debut on record. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

…worthy to stand with the best. Gilchrist's light tenor, with its springing rhythmic life, makes us feel that the young lad is living very much in a wide-eyed emotional present, as elusive... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gilchrist's bright, ringing tenor voice is compelling from the first note, but it's the range of expression and unaffected musicality that leave the lasting impression — BBC Music Magazine More…

Her close-to-flawless technical security remains a constant throughout, and her voice now offers a wide range of colours and options besides the lovely bell-like purity with which she made her... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Gilchrist and Tilbrook] allow each cycle to unfold naturally, minutely adjusting the spaces between certain songs to allow the ear to absorb what it has just heard…Tilbrook's navigation of... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…

Gilchrist and Tilbrook deliver some of the more expansive songs very well...Gilchrist's voice is admirably suited to gentle, lyrical singing. — International Record Review, January 2012 More…

James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook take great care to sense the lightness of touch and the emotional fragility of these songs of vernal yearning...The performers' art really does conceal art:... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…