PRESS QUOTES

Of Messiah Recording
“Butt and the Dunedin Consort marry astute scholarship to sincere artistic expression and the result is comfortably the freshest, most natural, revelatory and transparently joyful Messiah I have heard for a very long time.”
David Vickers, Gramophone - December 2006 issue

“The playing of the Dunedin Players under John Butt is admirably crisp, and the singing of the Consort disciplined and clear in enunciation.”
Michael Kennedy - Sunday Telegraph, December 2006

Of Messiah
“Director John Butt cast the whole edifice as a sequence of tight-knit dramatic chapters, and a remarkable combination of virtuosity and personable informality coloured the solos, from Nicholas Mulroy's engaging opening recit to the acrobatic precision of Susan Hamilton's "jig" version of Rejoice Greatly…”
Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman December 2006

Of a new commission Bloom by Peter Nelson
“the singers realised Bloom's subtle tonal effects with absolute mastery and conviction.”
Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman February 2007

Of Dixit Dominus – the tenth anniversary concert
“the final explosion of Handel's Dixit Dominus, its contrapuntal interplay delivered at hair-raising speed amid the gleam of soprano tone and the surging of tenor and bass.”
Conrad Wilson, The Herald February 2007

Older reviews
 ‘An accomplished group that has done so much to transform the vocal life of Scotland…heartfelt and beautiful singing … admirable clarity and direction.’  
The Herald

‘The Dunedin Consort is in a different league from other choirs or vocal ensembles..’
Aberdeen Press and Journal

‘Spectacular … the sheer intensity of the singing and playing delivered all the grandeur of Monteverdi’s music. The singing was glorious…’                                        
The Herald

‘The clarity and loveliness of sound was at times, breathtaking….’      
The Scotsman