Gramophone Awards
2018
Shortlisted - Contemporary

Presto Recording of the Week
5th May 2017
Editor's Choice

Gramophone Magazine
June 2017
Editor's Choice

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2017
Shortlisted - Contemporary

Christopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins

Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Skempton: Only the Sound Remains

"The vocal line [in Mariner] is necessarily dominant, given the wealth of imagery to be conveyed, though it helps when Roderick Williams has a clarity of enunciation second to none...[in Only the Sound Remains] Yates is naturally attuned to his concertante role, while Martyn Brabbins secures audible finesse from BCMG...this is a valuable addition to Skempton’s expanding discography." - Gramophone Magazine June 2017