

Responses, Sweet Disorder " Gawain's Journey (1991) finds this most unequivocal composer in a more combative mood.

Harrison Birtwistle (composer) pg 21 - Gawain's Journey. Paul McCreesh (conductor) pg 13 - Gabrieli Consort & Players, An English Coronation: 1902-1953 "On his tireless voyage of ceremonial and liturgical reconstruction, Paul McCreesh’s 20th-century coronation anthology is arguably his most ambitious and intricate to date… Well-articulated insights into the rich theatrical dimension of this quartet of coronations work best in the large works, all of which sound spectacular in the ringing acoustic." “Soprano Fflur Wyn and tenor Hugo Hymas, singing with attractive youthful tone, do well in supporting roles.” His Chastened tenderness in ‘How willing my paternal love’ is profoundly moving.” "As Samson’s father Manoah, Matthew Brook field a ripe yet agile bass. Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Fflur Wyn (soprano) and Matthew Brook (bass-baritone) pg 12 - Dunedin Consort, Handel's Samson “In the title role, tenor Joshua Ellicott…drew me more deeply into Samson’s plight: in his spiritual anguish (‘Total eclipse’ is moving in its quiet inwardness and lack of rhetoric), in the graphic encounters with Dalila and the Philistine heavy Harapha, and in his serene, cathartic ‘Thus when the sun’." Amongst the Gramophone Awards shortlist 2020, we are very pleased that five of our wonderful Rayfield Allied artists have been included for their remarkable contributions to recording classical music.
