Browse: Hi Res Download, Sweelinck (composer)

superb voicing and clarity of sound. Most pieces are sombre in tone, which Rondeau delivers with a well-judged pinch of melancholy. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

He hopes, he says, ‘to persuade you the listener of the glorious nature of this rich and wonderful music’. Mission accomplished. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Lately, TV arts/documentary schedules have teemed with films on Islam, mostly over–simplifying history to the point of distortion and suggesting a centuries–old conspiracy to deny the contribution... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The 50-strong oratory choir is made up entirely of boys, and conductor Charles Cole draws singing of vernal freshness from them, with excellent ensemble and an interpretive awareness that puts... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The singing, all unaccompanied, has a natural, unforced eloquence, and is of a standard which makes criticism an impertinence. An outstandingly accompanied issue. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Taking Bach’s predecessor Buxtehude as its focal point, Hillier’s programme steers a chronological passage through the events of Christ’s nativity, illustrating them with music by Buxtehude himself,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…