Tag Archive for: The Times
Purcell: Raise the voice – The Times Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘The quartet of singers were perfectly blended yet also distinctly individual.’
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Bach’s Markus Passion – The Times Review
★★★★★
Richard Morrison, The Times
‘an astonishingly gripping 90 minutes of music drama’
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Handel in Rome – Album of the week – The Times
Geoff Brown, The Times
‘[Williams] is also exceptionally in accord with Butt and the brilliant Dunedin Consort instrumentalists.’
The 20 best albums of 2024 – at number 19 Handel in Rome.
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Leipzig 300 – The Times Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘John Butt conducted every fugal bounce and legato sigh with buoyancy and a crisp sense of excitement..’
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Handel in Rome – Album of the week – The Times
★★★★ Geoff Brown, The Times
‘the lustrous firepower of Williams’
Selected as album of the week for week commencing 14 October 2024.
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Leipzig 300 – The Times Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘John Butt’s flexible conducting of the small orchestral ensemble admirably brought out the colour of both the music and the words, and his four singers one to a part, sang with rich musical insights…’
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Out Of Her Mouth – The Times Review
★★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘it’s raw storytelling and powerful drama, performed with gripping immediacy’
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Echo Fragments – The Times Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘The Dunedin Consort… playing Haydn’s Symphony No 39 with febrile energy and no conductor, the wiry period strings tearing through the stormy finale in a ferocious hail of semiquavers with the horns braying in defiance, their bells thrust into the air.’
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Lagrime Mie – The Times Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
“Nicholas Mulroy brings the Renaissance to life.”
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Matthew Passion – The Times Review
★★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘The quality of musicianship combined with depths of communicative insight to make this a Matthew Passion that cut straight to the heart… every line of Bach’s counterpoint was so clear you could almost touch it.’
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Welcome to all the Pleasures – The Times Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Times
‘Played with dazzling vigour — as we have come to expect of them.’
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Ich habe genug – The Times review
★★★★★
Geoff Brown, The Times
“The most touching Bach album you’ll hear this year… Butt’s intimate forces ensure winning clarity and immediate impact.”
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