Choral & Song

Christopher Cook enjoys the debut album from well-matched musical partners

Sébastien Daucé turns to Bach in accounts of fervour and tenderness, writes Nicholas Anderson

Anna Lucia Richter brings striking depth and expressive insight to the composer’s song-settings, writes Malcolm Hayes

Amusing songs by Offenbach sparkle in these irresistible performances, writes Christopher Dingle

Morley and Brownlee are on sensational form in 19th-century arias and duets, writes George Hall

Hugh Cutting and Carlo Vistoli are ideally matched in these Baroque works, says Kate Bolton-Porciatti

Michael Church applauds Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen’s classy album of Handel’s Chandos Anthems

Ashutosh Khandekar enjoys the choir’s characteristic warmth and versatility under director Nigel Short

Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber are admirably serious in this recording make a compelling case for the emotions that underpin these lieder

Benjamin Appl’s ever-expressive baritone is infinitely characterful in these diverse settings

Benjamin Appl’s heartfelt and imaginative album homage to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is cherishable, says Natasha Loges in her review

In his review, Ashutosh Khandekar is impressed by new music director Christopher Gray’s ambitious, intense and no holds barred album debut with St John’s

In his review, Paul Riley thinks this foray into Ravel’s vocal works by pianist Malcolm Martineau and friends is a box of delights

In her review, Alexandra Wilson thinks this latest interpretation of Bach’s mighty B minor Mass by Pygmalion is exceptional and a must-listen

In her review, Alexandra Wilson finds much to enjoy in this glorious family album of beautiful music for Lent and Passiontide from the brilliant Bevans

The King’s Singers mark the end of an era in this impeccable final set with bass Jonathan Howard, says Ashutosh Khandekar in his review

Shawn E Okpebholo’s new song cycle is an outstanding response to America’s painful past and gets to the heart of real lives exploited by slavery, says Kate Wakeling in her review

In his review, Michael Jameson is thrilled by Jérémie Rhorer’s visionary interpretation of Beethoven’s great mass, the Missa Solemnis

The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir shine in this outstanding selection of modern works for choir by US composers, says Kate Wakeling in her review

The who’s who of voices in this first recording of Hasse’s operatic Serpentes Ignei in Deserto make it a hit, says Berta Joncus in her review

Composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s is a distinctive voice, says Christopher Dingle in his review of this potent and powerful set of new works

‘The Requiem is thrillingly served in all its theatrical grandeur..' so says Sarah Urwin Jones in her review of Mozart's masterpiece

Claire Booth and Ensemble 360 deliver a triumphant gallery of ‘Pierrot Portraits’, says Paul Riley in his review

In his review, Ashutosh Khandekar is captivated by the Corvus Consort and harpist Louise Thomson’s shimmering jewel-box of works for women’s voices...