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Stephen Layton MBE

Reviews

Press notices and interviews, by publication and by year.

2010

  1. Audiophile AuditionVarious: Baltic ExchangeHyperion continues to astound by coming up with unknown and eminently-listenable music from various parts of…CD Review
  2. Skånska DagbladetDanish National Vocal EnsembleKörsång när den är som allra bästConcert Review
  3. The GuardianBach: St John PassionThe last-minute withdrawal of the tenor Evangelist from a performance of Bach's St John Passion would…Concert Review
  4. The TabEšenvalds: Passion & ResurrectionEriks Esenvalds clearly felt like a million dollars at the end of Thursday's performance of his oratorio…CD Review
  5. Music Web InternationalVarious: Baltic ExchangeBaltic Exchange is an apt title for a selection of choral works by four Baltic composers sung by a British…CD Review
  6. Gramophone MagazineVarious: Baltic ExchangeA fascinating collection of choral works by composers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, centring on a Mass…CD Review
  7. Classical Music MagazineVarious: Baltic ExchangeLayton delves into Baltic melting pot A regular visitor since the lifting of the iron curtain, Stephen Latyon…CD Review
  8. Gramophone MagazineVarious: Ikon, Vol. 2'The programme is scrupulously prepared, with excellent pronunciation, idiomatic timbres anda fine fusion of…CD Review
  9. The OldieBriggs: Mass for Notre DameOur own great latter-day improviser – a man who in his fantasy organ world David Hyde Pierce would probably…CD Review
  10. Audiophile AuditionVarious: Ikon, Vol. 2I can’t believe that it’s been 13 years since Ikon came out by these same forces. At the time I considered it…CD Review
  11. The TelegraphVarious: Ikon, Vol. 2Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this…CD Review
  12. International Record ReviewVarious: Ikon, Vol. 2The remarkable performances of the Holst Singers, securely balanced on the tightrope between pianissimo…CD Review
  13. The AustralianAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirThe cacophony of Canberra politics temporarily gave way on Wednesday night to sounds far more harmonious. The…Concert Review
  14. The Age, MelbourneAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirVisitors for Musica Viva representing the Oxbridge and wider British cathedral choral traditions, the Choir…Concert Review
  15. The Manly DailyAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirIt was obvious from the opening short but lovely Arvo Part Slavonic Ave Maria, which quickly melded into an…Concert Review
  16. The Adelaide AdvertiserAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirFlawless in every aspect of choral technique and interpretation, the 30 undergraduates of the college created…Concert Review
  17. West AustralianAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirTickets to the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre have sold out and…Concert Review
  18. BBC Music MagazineVarious: Baltic ExchangeNo longer the preserve of their own choirs, the choral music of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania now flows in…CD Review
  19. The Sydney Morning HeraldAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirSoundtrack to a revolution shows rare beauty On the night of June 10, 1988, more than 300,000 Estonians -…Concert Review
  20. North Shore TimesAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirExtraordinary ensemble cohesion was the hallmark of the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge during its concert…Concert Review
  21. The Hobart MercuryAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirTrinity College Choir began its first tour of Australia in Hobart. The program order emphasized harmonic and…Concert Review
  22. The AustralianAustralia Tour: Trinity College ChoirChoral scholars offer a masterclass in sacred music On a chilly evening in Hobart, the Choir of Trinity…Concert Review
  23. Gramophone MagazineBriggs: Mass for Notre DameEditor's Choice These works give the lie to the old adage that the natural enemy of the Brits is the French…CD Review
  24. BBC Music MagazineBriggs: Mass for Notre DameThis is a mass with a difference: not only does it have four interpolated organ improvisations as part and…CD Review
  25. International Record ReviewBriggs: Mass for Notre DameThere's only one word for this. Spectacular. Let's start with the recording. Gloucester Cathedral is an…CD Review
  26. Choir and OrganBriggs: Mass for Notre DameDavid Briggs has spent much time and persistent care in transcribing improvisations by Pierre Ccochereau…CD Review
  27. Classical Music SentinelBriggs: Mass for Notre DameAll of you who have become convinced that any new music being written these days is only going to be either…CD Review
  28. The Oxford TimesBach: MotetsThe London-based Holst Singers have been called “one of Britain’s foremost choirs”, and after hearing them at…Concert Review
  29. Opera News NYCHandel: MessiahAny Handel oratorio needs to be an elastic entity in our day, just as it was in Handel’s. Considering the…CD Recording
  30. Classics Today.comVarious: Baltic ExchangeThis is a major release that choral music fans will not want to miss. Here is a program of modern works (most…CD Review
  31. Odense Symphony OrchestraBach: St John PassionStunning Easter experienceConcert Review
  32. The Irish TimesVarious: Baltic ExchangeThink of Baltic choral music and you probably think of something by Arvo Pärt. This new CD leaves him aside…CD Review
  33. The Philadelphia InquirerVarious: Baltic ExchangeEarly this year when the Philadelphia choir the Crossing unveiled great music by the little-known young…CD Review
  34. klassiekezaken.nlVarious: Baltic ExchangeDoor de bekendheid van hun koormuziek kan de indruk bestaan dat boven de Noordzee alleen Pärt en Rautavaara…CD Review
  35. The Arts DeskVarious: Baltic ExchangeA fascinating anthology of contemporary a capella vocal works from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the music…CD Review
  36. Music Web InternationalHandel: MessiahIn a sense this release brings my experience to date of Messiah on CD full circle. The very first Messiah…CD Review
  37. The Canberra TimesAustralia TourBritish musician Stephen Layton, who will conduct the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge on their Australian…Feature
  38. The IndependentBach: Christmas OratorioWith much-loved classics, familiarity can breed such content that we become blind to their strangenesses. So…Concert Review