Albion Records

Listening to the slower sections, you may pine for the original instrumentation, teasingly indicated in the arrangement’s score as particular bars pass by. On the other hand, it’s hard to resist... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

winning performances by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea...Most of the carols – ‘The Salutation Carol’, ‘Joseph and Mary’, and ‘Coverdale’s Carol’ among them – are unfamiliar today,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The vernal setting of that 1905 production with its costumed actors, dancers and musicians undoubtedly cast a spell. Stripped of these visual elements, and with Vaughan Williams not quite his... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Outram catches poetically the vein of pastoral contemplation which runs through the first five of the Six Studies in English Folksong, and turns in a puckish ‘As I Walked Over London Bridge’... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Wood is a fine musical story-teller, articulating words and melodies with equal sensitivity and care...The melodic architecture emerges clearly in Matthew Trusler's vital performance...Once... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014 More…

Until now The House of Life has been the sole preserve of male vocalists on disc, so a warm welcome to this Albion newcomer. Indeed, the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately’s memorably affecting and... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…

The cycle's five songs are exceptionally well sung by Alessandro Fisher, who convincingly encompasses emotions stretching from the balmy pastoralism of the opening ‘The Lark Ascending’ (with... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Technically secure and tonally rounded, the Joyful Company of Singers live up to their name throughout, but without ever sliding into over-characterisation. Well balanced, atmospheric recordings... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…