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**** Excellent Album

Cecile Cheraqui - Classica magazine (France) - April 2020

“…As an introduction to MacMillan, this couldn't be bettered. The performances are incredibly assured, and it's a surprise to discover that this is a largely amateur choir. Immaculately recorded with full texts and translations, too: heartfelt, accessible music for grown-ups.”

Graham Rickson – theartsdesk.com – 17 August 2019

"... this is an impressive recording overall..."

Pwyll ap Sion - Gramophone magazine - August 2019

"... The Singers' rounded, bright tone under director Sam Laughton is nicely captured by Signum in this release, which explores MacMillan's wide and varied contribution to the choral medium... a fine introduction to MacMillan's oeuvre." *****

Philip Reed - Choir & Organ magazine – July/August 2019

“…Throughout this recording, The Elysian Singers under Sam Laughton are excellent, rising to every challenge that James MacMillan poses and coming out shining. They set a very high standard in their earlier recording of his music, but here they surpass it. The acoustic is very good indeed and this helps the Elysian’s perfect diction come through clear and bright, while the beautiful sound of Alexandra Caldon’s violin is perfectly balanced so that it does not detract from the vocal line and is never itself overpowered. The brief introductions to the music in the booklet are very good; full texts are given in English and, where applicable, Latin. This is a very fine disc and a must for any follower of the music of James MacMillan.”

Stuart Sillitoe – MusicWeb-International.com – 11 July 2019

Performance **** Recording ****

"... The Elysian Singers under Sam Laughton comfortably take everything here in their stride in a well-conceived collection that groups the pieces into four groups Psalms, Poems, Folk Tradition and Prayers... the joyful exclamations that open the disc with 'Blow the trumpet in the new moon' are answered with the equally vibrant overlapping lines of the final 'Cecilia virgo' and, throughout, there is a welcome balance between clarity and resonance."

Christopher Dingle - BBC Music magazine - August 2019

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