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“… This is a very rewarding disc on two counts. Firstly, all the music is well worth hearing. Secondly, the NFM Choir sings everything very well indeed. There are forty singers on duty (10 voices per part) and the sound they make is excellent. The blend and balance are consistently well judged and I like the clear, fresh sound the choir makes and the discipline of their singing. Clearly, they had been prepared very thoroughly indeed by Agnieszka Franków-Zelazny who conducts the performances expertly. The instrumental ensemble offers first-rate support to the singers in the two Chilcott works. Bob Chilcott himself was the producer. His extensive choral expertise and the skill of engineer Agnieszka Szczepanczyk have ensured that the performances have been recorded clearly and sympathetically.”

John Quinn – MusicWeb-International.com – 6 March 2023

“…With Chilcott himself as producer, these performances are both authoritative and exemplary…”

Malcolm Riley – Gramophone magazine – March 2023

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“…The album opens with the soaring contemplation of the Canticles of Light for choir and small ensemble from which emerge bells in tubes that punctuate the Latin text. The beauty of the textures shines here like the light that penetrates the spans of Winchester Cathedral that saw the creation of this beautiful score, superbly written. Easy to access and well written, this music flatters the mind and senses. Throughout this program, we must salute the superb performance of the Poles of the choir of the National Music Forum of Wroclaw (NFM Choir) under the inspired and musical direction of Agnieszka Franków-Zelazny. The latter also conducts according to the scores, her soloists of the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic.”

Pierre-Jean Tribot – Crescendo magazine.be – 12 January 2023

“… The engaging, equally homogeneous and differentiated choral sound perfectly reflects the content of the two cycles Canticles of Light and Move him into the Sun. It is choral singing full of light, with voices that radiate from within with touching moments of contrast such as the quiet cello lamento in Christi qui splendor et dies…” *****

Guy Engels – Pizzicato.lu – 6 January 2023

Performance **** Recording ****

“… Chilcott’s Move him into the sun dates from 2018 … Tenor Sebastian Mach’s plangent solo ‘Apologia pro Poemate meo’ is a highlight here, feelingly supported by players from the Wroclaw Philharmonic…”

Terry Blain – BBC Music magazine – February 2023

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