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The album is an enchanting collection of works loosely themed around the night, from lullabies and nocturnes to the music of late-night revelry. The disc’s title track is a highlight: ‘Good... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

it is Pacelli who is responsible for the disc's treasure, the nine-minute Dum esset rex. Here, single voices replace thicker choral textures, with forces divided into five four-voice choirs.... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2014 More…

[Symphony No. 26] Christophers presents the powerful, restless first movement perfectly, the raucous valveless horns of its close perfectly judged. The first plainchant melody provides the first... — Classical Music, April 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The centrepiece of the CD, though, is his Mass based on a famous chanson by Janequin depicting the Battle of Marignano in 1515. Guerrero selects the deceptively simple opening music as his... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

these are some of the most spirited and individual performances of this repertory available...the standard of solo singing is very good. The ad hoc instrumentalists provide sensitive, stylish... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a fascinating lesson in the art of creative transcription by a master transcriber. Both Masses bring out the relaxed and avuncular in Christophers...With scrupulous instrumental underpinning,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

From the gorgeously shaped performance of Morten Lauridsen’s modern classic O magnum mysterium which opens the programme, to the urgent, ardent account of James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn which... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Christophers once again demonstrates that his 203-year-old band are in rude health. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2019 More…