Browse: Purcell - Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328

Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful By beauteous softness, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … there’s... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Such complementary voices, Chance fine-drawn, Bowman a touch richer, more coloured, are ideal in this selection of inventive duets. Blow's Ode on Purcell's death is particularly fine, intensely... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Purcell at his most theatrical and most domestic in two celebratory odes. New College Choir's sound is the main draw in a recital that never quite breaks sweat. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Mead began as a choral scholar in England and is known for his clear diction and vocal poise, while Lazarevitch studied in Paris and Brussels, and has an eclectic approach to instrumental performance,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

every number here has something particularly arresting within it, all supported by persuasive and committed singing, and playing of intense charm. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…