BRAHMS LIEBESLIEDER
(THE WIGMORE HALL, LONDON, JANUARY 2009)
“potently seductive… Stylistically and tonally, the blend was sensational… A vivid, compelling performance, and one that betrayed more of
the composer’s character than he could have planned."
Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday
ROREM “ON AN ECHOING ROAD”
(LINN RECORDS CKD 342), OCTOBER 2009
“The five singers are a vocally attractive lot and truly sensitive both to the texts and to the ways in which Rorem’s music illuminates those
texts... These performances, cannily sequenced, are a model of how these songs should be sung… Rorem’s piano writing … demands artistry
and technical skill. Hogarth supplies it unstintingly.”
Raymond S. Tuttle, International Record Review, Outstanding Award February 2010
“…an outstanding recording…”
Anthony Burton, BBC Music Magazine, February 2010
“…this is a most attractive disc… clear and intelligent way with words.”
John Steane, The Gramophone, Editor’s Choice February 2010
“Another surprise – and a really rather wonderful one, too… The Prince Consort makes a brilliant case for this sometimes elusive composer on
a CD which combines thought and belief, consistently enchanting the ear.”
Classic fM, February 2010
“The fine singers of the Prince Consort and pianist Alisdair Hogarth have just released a lovely selection of Rorem's songs… It's partly the
variety of voices, timbres and combinations that they bring to bear in their selection of Rorem's songs that makes this such a delight…
Deceptively simple pleasures, 29 songs only 2 of which break the 3 minute barrier, and it's an excellent recording.”
Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, November 2009
“The performances catch every drop of that naturalness… it crystallises its essence perfectly.”
Andrew Clements, The Guardian, November 2009
ROREM (OXFORD LIEDER RECITAL, OCTOBER 2009)
“…four gifted vocalists… the lyric flow was usually guaranteed when sopranos Leese and Johnston intertwined, as in Colette’s On an Echoing
Road, gently supported by rippling arch patterns from Alisdair Hogarth’s supportive piano. … moving…”
Geoff Brown, The Times
“The outstanding singers of the Prince Consort caught the sense of accumulating weight of experience perfectly.”
Andrew Clements, The Guardian
“This is a lively, flexible ensemble which brings together some of the most exciting young singers around. … Their fresh, vivacious approach
suits Rorem’s music well…”
Anne Ozorio, Opera Today
PRESS RELEASE
“Now, with the upcoming release of a CD, plans for a documentary DVD, and an ambitious commissioning programme underway, the group
looks set for major things.”
Paul Cutt, BBC Music Magazine
BRITTEN, SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, STRAUSS
(THE PURCELL ROOM, LONDON, OCTOBER 2005)
“beautifully balanced and blended"
Musical Pointers
“I am delighted to have heard The Prince Consort. The conviction that comes across from the splendid singers makes me long to hear more,
especially at the end of an evening that seems to have ended almost before it began…”
Peter Katin
