Priory

…Liszt's Ad nos… is magisterial, its 30-minute span commandingly paced, its grandeur and rhapsody held in equilibrium. As for the concluding Toccata by Marcel Lanquetuit, move over Widor!... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Resident in Würzburg Cathedral since 2005, Stefan Schmidt’s familiarity with the multi-faceted V/87 Klais organ (1969) pays huge dividends in this coupling of two intelligently contrasted transcriptions. — Choir & Organ, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Choral evensong is not often performed on such a grand scale as this...while the boys are direct and focused, even enthusiastically gutsy at times, the girls produce a consistently softer, reticent,... — International Record Review, February 2012 More…

the most appealing of any cathedral recording I've heard this year. The boys' sound is very much brighter than that of many cathedral choirs - in fact the boys-only a cappella repertoire here... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 More…

Simon Earl, the Priory’s director of music since 2012, clearly knows his way around its well- equipped resources, as evidenced by this adroitly chosen programme. Nimbly alert in Andrew Carter’s... — Choir & Organ, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…