Browse: Handel - To thee, thou glorious son of worth (from Theodora)

Desandre’s pure, warm core and skilled application of vocal colours make her lyricism seductive, while her warp-speed passagi are simply astonishing. Countertenor Iestyn Davies delivers the intimate,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Freeman-Attwood’s sound is mellifluous and gentle, delicately inflected with vibrato, especially in ‘With thee th’unsheltered moor I’d tread’ from Solomon. He is complemented by Szałucka’s deft... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Yoncheva is a force of nature. Her top notes merit a gale warning, her words drip with passion, and the bloom of her lowest register equals that of her top. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

nicely chosen and sequenced. — CD Review, 2nd May 2015 More…

Handel's popular "Angels, ever bright and fair" from Theodora and "Scherza infida" from Ariodante remind us of her musical intelligence and vitality...The final tracks on each disc, Dido's Lament... — The Observer, 24th July 2011 More…

The playing is crisp and the singing polished and stylish, with Joshua, in particular, conveying infectious delight in this sophisticated music. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bright, edgy woodwind; neat violins; an ever-purposeful bass line; two healthful, smiling voices and some lovely music. There is much to admire...but there is little sense of dramatic context...If... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…