Choral, Anthems & Motets, Tavener (composer)

James O’Donnell masterminds an account of Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor to rank alongside the finest to have come my way...In sum, this classy collection will surely give lasting pleasure. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... — Choir & Organ, May 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[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…

The recital's radiant heart is Sheppard's Media Vite, but there are more highlights to come, including an outstanding reading of Holst's Nunc Dimittis, the flowing textures of Harris's Bring... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If John Tavener's reputation were to rest solely on his unaccompanied choral music and nothing else, then his stature as one of the most striking and original composers working today would be... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

the jutting vocal fanfares of [Weir's] Ave Regina caelorum set a brightly celebratory atmosphere at the disc's beginning...The seven-part writing of Hannah Kendall's numinous Regina caeli is... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The voices are pure, beautifully tuned and finely balanced even at the tightest, most radiant dissonances...Taylor's various harps have an honest, rustic appeal...Top-quality singing with the... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…