Browse: Download, Mathias (composer)

Everything here is sung with freshness, security and rhythmic energy, and only at the biggest climaxes does one miss an ideal fullness of sound…the soloists [in Riddles] are from the main Choir... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Central to this valuable anthology of Mathias's church music is the tautly concentrated Missa brevis of 1973. It’s the outer movements that are most impressive, the Kyrie drawn tensely together... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Mathias probably comes closer to evoking the lost world of Sir Arnold Bax than he does to any composer of his own generation ... the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra is commendably alert throughout... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Crichton's remastering of these 45 year old recordings is superb, especially as he had to work from LPs. ....and i can guarantee that you will never have heard Tournemire performed so convincingly... — International Record Review More…

In a recital as fascinating as it is varied, he makes much of the character, contrasts and dynamic range of the IV/54 Harrison & Harrison with its distinctive Father Willis accents. Pearce draws... — Choir & Organ, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a magnificent package, fully befitting its subject...The entire collection is a veritable treasure-trove, a feast for lovers of organ music...Just 2,000 copies of this will ever be published... — International Record Review, January 2011 More…