Browse: Elgar - They are at rest

[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A German choir performing Elgar’s partsongs in English? Doubts dissolve mere seconds into From the Bavarian Highlands, where the infectious pointing of dance rhythms in the opening song of the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Already in Gibbons’s Drop, Drop, Slow, Tears there are numerous indications of the elevated artistry of Paul McCreesh and the 22 singers of his Gabrieli Consort. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013 More…

All told, this is another feather in the cap for the increasingly impressive Vann-Royal Hospital Chelsea partnership. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars(Recording) More…

…the Westminster Abbey Choir delivers its organ-accompanied programme with beautiful tonal colour and blend. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a beautifully programmed and performed disc…Graham Ross takes a full-on approach, with tempos brisk and passions raised – mezzo Jennifer Johnson’s ‘Pie Jesu’ is, in particular, an emotional... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Directed by William Vann, the Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with its clear, ringing tone, provides beautifully nuanced performances, especially of the a cappella items, Stanford’s numinous... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…