Browse: Clarke, Rebecca - The Seal Man

Williams is accompanied throughout by his own orchestral reimaginings; and he’s evidently an orchestrator with a fine ear and lively imagination...This is all exquisitely sung too. The melodic... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Richly harmonised Edwardian salon settings of distinguished poetry mingle with mildly poignant, almost Ravelian (though avoiding that French master’s occasional acerbic tartness) post-World War... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

James Geer’s voice is distinctive, with a cut-through brightness of sound and superb intonation; add to this his intelligent phrasing and sensitivity to nuance and, in the Clarke songs, you can... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Newby, who turns 30 this year, has the kind of powerful natural presence that also belongs to Bryn Terfel, and the timbre of his voice has come to resemble Terfel’s in its plummy warmth and its... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…

the contrasting worlds explored in these songs are revealed with no value judgements from the performers, which makes the album a consistently absorbing whole. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2022 More…

James Gilchrist, a fine lyric tenor with admirable sensitivity to text, gives committed performances effectively accompanied by Nathan Williamson. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…