CD, Chilcott (composer)

A fascinating anthology tracing the development of a distinctive voice in American choral music. Half the items are first recordings, and the performances are consistently outstanding. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This album stems from a lockdown project designed to lif t the spirits, and boy does it still do so. The choir is warm and, as ever, pitch perfect, but it’s Taylor Scott Davis’s sparkling ,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Singing of rare distinction, outstanding in its vocal tone. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2007 More…

Simon Halsey is to be congratulated for corralling massed choirs The Northern Sinfonia Choir and youth choir Quay Voices into such a uniformly warm, good-natured sound. Soloist Scarlett Courtney... — Classic FM Magazine, February 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The CD is designed to recreate the atmosphere and sense of occasion at the RSNO's very popular Christmas concerts with Bell, and it certainly succeeds: the orchestra and choirs are on cracking... — Classic FM Magazine, January 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Tenebrae Consort perform with impeccable professionalism under director Nigel Short. — Choir & Organ, May/June 2016 More…

The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus is extremely adept at singing testing works in foreign languages. There are many goodies to savour here, particularly Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden, in which Schoenberg... — Choir & Organ, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a class act and a good entry point. Signum has plenty more where this comes from. — MusicWeb International, March 2013 More…