O Nata Lux – “For when you want to escape the hustle and bustle” (Julian Elloway, CMQ)
O Nata Lux: Contemplative Christmas Classics (CR044) Review by Julian Elloway, Church Music Quarterly Listen and buy now on Convivium Records The Gentlemen Singers are a professional male octet from [...]
Illuminations: Dances and Poems – “Truly exceptional new music” (Carson Cooman, Fanfare)
Illumina Duo: Illuminations: Dances and Poems (CR039) Review by Carson Cooman, Fanfare Listen and buy now on Convivium Records Trumpet and organ is a very common musical combination. Despite the [...]
Clive Osgood: Preview his debut choral album (Rob Lewis, Excelsis & London Mozart Players)
"The choir has worked with incredible enthusiasm on the music and the results sound fantastic…" - Clive Osgood "It has been a pleasure to record Clive [...]
Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien – “A pleasure from first note to last” (Catherine Bott)
Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien (CR043) Review by Catherine Bott Listen and buy now on Convivium Records This recital of Handel’s ravishing German Arias is a pleasure from first note to [...]
Interview with Malcolm Archer on Winchester College Chapel Choir & Mozart’s Requiem (Cross Rhythms)
Tony Cummings from Cross Rhythms spoke with the director of Winchester College Chapel Choir, Malcolm Archer. January 26th 2018. Reproduced from Cross Rhythms website. Malcolm Archer has been rightly called “one of [...]
Mozart: Requiem – “Lovingly prepared and presented” (Gramophone)
Mozart: Requiem (CR036) Review by Gramophone Listen and buy now on Convivium Records I fear this disc of Mozart’s valedictory masterpiece may fall into the shadow of another (rather different) recording, [...]
Mozart: Requiem – “A unique group of young singers who perform to the highest standards” (Cross Rhythms)
Mozart: Requiem (CR036) Review by Cross Rhythms Listen and buy now on Convivium Records Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is one of the giants of classical music and it is my [...]
Mozart: Requiem – “Appealing, lively and fresh, coping with the technical demands admirably” ★★★★ (Planet Hugill)
Mozart: Requiem (CR036) Review by Robert Hugill Listen and buy now on Convivium Records This new recording of Mozart's Requiem (in the Süssmayr completion) on Convivium Records combines the young singers from Winchester College Chapel [...]
Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien – “Engaging and colourful version of Handel’s sacred chamber music” ★★★★★ (Planet Hugill)
Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien (CR043) Review by Planet Hugill Listen and buy now on Convivium Records Though Handel and Bach had a similar basic kapellmeister training, the two developed different [...]
Mozart’s Requiem “Musical Education at it’s best” (Adrian Green)
The origins of our latest recording with Winchester college chapel choir. September 2017 by Adrian Green Performing Mozart’s Requiem at my secondary school was one of the highlights of my [...]