Delphian

[In the] Shostakovich Robert Irvine… and his excellent pianist, Graeme McNaught, keep the textures light… It is highly intelligent playing of an emotionally complex work. Rachmaninov's textures... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008 More…

On the whole the choral singing is admirably disciplined and contoured. The most impressive passages tend to be the fullest homophonic sections which close pieces; but "So fahr ich hin zu Jesu... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…

it works very well actually, it’s a lovely showcase. — CD Review, 18th April 2015 More…

demonstrates the choir's versatility …their freshness is an asset, and the extremes of expression … are beautifully caught — Gramophone Magazine More…

The inexorable ebb and flow in Bryars's music distils the sense of musical portraiture represented in The Church Closest to the Sea… There are moments of distilled beauty, too, in the earlier,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 More…

dispatched with artistry and supreme stylishness — International Record Review More…

There’s no denying the virtuoso deftness of Orr’s settings for voice and solo double-bass (about the most technically difficult medium any composer could opt for)...and the performances here... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s no better introduction to the productive tensions that have fuelled Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s career as a composer…this new recording – performed with a high degree of competence by... — Gramophone Magazine More…