Whitacre: Go, lovely Rose

“Mightily effective, it’s superbly performed” BBC Music Magazine

“Unmissable” Classic FM Magazine

“Impeccably performed” Fanfare

“Here’s a CD to put the hype back into Hyperion … beautiful” The Times

‘This beautifully performed and recorded CD contains the bulk of Whitacre’s choral canon and displays his delicate yet vital approach to writing for voices’ (Gramophone)

“Cloudburst is the central piece here, a dazzling kaleidoscope of busy clamour, arcing lyricism, solo and spoken passages, sighing, handbells, wind chimes, inter alia. Whitacre was only 22 when he wrote it. Mightily effective, it's superbly performed (as is everything else on the CD) by Polyphony and Stephen Layton.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2006 *****

“This beautifully performed and recorded CD contains the bulk of Whitacre's choral canon and displays his delicate yet vital approach to writing for voices. I guess if you like Tavener (or Pärt, who is strongly evoked in David), you'll enjoy Whitacre.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2006