Signum

[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

All five musicians play with requisite intensity and do a terrific job in ratcheting up the tension over long paragraphs...If you’re obsessed with the Taneyev Quintet, as I am, this beautifully... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…

They are in cracking form here, with no discernible weak link in the ensemble: honey-toned and purposeful sopranos, assertive countertenors and everything on down to match. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2021 More…

Bevan’s energy and assurance see her through some demanding vocal writing…Page conducts with vigour and the orchestra makes a strong showing. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Barley’s playing [of The Protecting Veil] at first feels a touch too restrained, but as the piece progresses [his] restraint proves perfectly judged and a performance of great tenderness and... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As one of today’s leading Puccini interpreters, Rizzi is well qualified to create new pieces of this type, which are in effect opera without voices ...Though not in dramatic order, the technically... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Nuages gris] is music that has often been said to point to the future and Despax taps into its untethered, questing nature. But the album culminates with his masterpiece from 30 years earlier,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…