Browse: Obsidian Records (label)

Here's a truly scholarly project: a filling-out of the 15th-century Trinity Carol Roll, reconstructing a performable version of the words and vocal part-writing in the unfolded manuscript...A... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Obsidian is known for its catalogue of scrupulously stylish recordings of early music, so a disc of organ pieces by Schoenberg and Reger might seem unlikely from a company that has never previously... — The Guardian, 1st August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

To best reflect the regal setting for the earliest performances of these works, Irving has gathered together a rich continuo ensemble of four musicians and the resulting array of ever-changing... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

Alamire are on fine form here, alternating several performance possibilities, as on their recent recording of Josquin for this label: solo lute, lute and voice, lute and vocal consort, or consort... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 More…

There's both freshness and fire in these accounts, Skinner underscoring the music's dramatic and madrigalian qualities, and enhancing dynamic and textural contrasts to elating effect. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

it contains some truly great music...The choir is very well directed by David Skinner who negotiates these expansive, arching structures with poise and insight...the female sopranos are at once... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Their hypnotic polyphony and static harmonies evoke a world of intense spiritual contemplation, and despite fleeting echoes of Josquin…the quirky use of dissonance suggests a composer outside... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…