Delphian

Hearing Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets in Jeremy Sams's direct English translations is quite a revelation, underlining the fact that this is a cycle about a 'love that dare not speak its name'... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, June 2023 More…

treated with real imagination...The bending pitches and haunting, wavering timbres are used in original fantasies by Anna Friederike Potengowski and Georg Wieland Wagner, and even extend to... — The Observer, 30th April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The virtuosity of the Red Note Ensemble’s playing makes for a warm recommendation, not least for those still to encounter Cresswell’s distinctive sound world. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

The 1769 Taskin harpischord, from Edinburgh University's Russell Collection, is a gem, resonant and entrancing. Unequal temperament pushes some intonation to its intriguing limit. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this well-recorded album features some commendable singing and offers a welcome celebration of a still under-sung composer. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This performance is just superb. It's the kind of disc you want to turn up to full volume and lose yourself in, whether you're of a religious bent or not. Through their crisp, measured phrases,... — bbc.co.uk, 8th April 2011 More…