Browse: Venables, I - A Kiss, Op. 15

[Williams] has a mellow, refined tone, distinctively poetic delivery, and is keenly sensitive to the words. And with Allan’s lively support, he can unleash sufficient vigour in the emotional... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Williams is in stellar form throughout (his lustrous tone beautifully captured by the microphones), and he enjoys outstandingly sympathetic support from Graham J. Lloyd (whose pianism is of a... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

In the songs themselves, the vocal line seems central, not as in so many modern compositions added to accommodate the text, and they show a feeling for the singing voice...Andrew Kennedy does... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 More…

[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound...Andrew Kennedy is... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Roderick Williams is a national treasure. Not only is he an intensely musical singer, acutely responsive to the sound and meaning of words, but also his approach to the English Romantic song... — BBC Music Magazine More…