Champs Hill Records

Williams’s voice, with its smooth production and clear, unforced high notes, is well suited to the French mélodie, while his pronunciation is excellent. The Poulenc and Honegger songs are particularly... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Here, perfect technique, deep expression and unique vocal personalities combine in the singing of Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and Anglo-German contralto Claudia Huckle...We have to hear both... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Allen, who turned 74 in September, remains an irresistibly attractive, superb communicator…[He] is deftly accompanied by Stephen Higgins, who savours the music’s sweetness without over-egging... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

For all her linguistic adeptness, Spanish-born British soprano Lowe is a tone-based singer who knows how to use vocal colour as an imaginative vehicle of expression. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

Ruby Hughes's singing is exceptional - light and delicate yet true. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2016 More…

Lott was still at her peak when these recordings were made in 2002, and has a background of great affinity with the Strauss muse...Her voice and phrasing are still at their glorious finest,... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 More…

The whimsical performance of Charles Ives’s ‘The Children’s Hour’ which opens the recital sets high standards of interpretation, John’s mellifluous singing offset by Vann’s tenderly undulating... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…