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The performance is first-rate throughout. Natural, tractable voices create characterful images - in the Christmas Story, Else Torp an ethereal angel, Jakob Bloch Jespersen a sneering Herod.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Taking Bach’s predecessor Buxtehude as its focal point, Hillier’s programme steers a chronological passage through the events of Christ’s nativity, illustrating them with music by Buxtehude... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Roed's] playing is cleanly articulated and stylish. This is not a particularly virtuoso programme for her, and the well-judged primus inter pares balance with the ever-excellent Polish string... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013 More…

Mainly marimba but as each three variations cycle passes they add another percussion instrument until there is another final almost riotous explosion of sound before the reflective return of... — Record Review, November 2018 More…

Singing one-to-a-part, they produce splendidly full tone...These fine cantatas show that Buxtehude was much more than just a predecessor of Bach. The performances are both spirited and spiritual,... — Classic FM Magazine, February 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Paul Hillier paces the narrative subtly, from down-to-earth description to slow contemplation...The singers, admirably matched, are helped by the church acoustic, which warms the tone without... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The heaviest responsibility rests with the Evangelist, superbly done by Podger. Though he rises to moments of great dramatic oratory in places...most of his account is delivered in measured... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…