Presto Editor's Choices November 2017

Concerto Choice
BBC Music Magazine January 2018

Recording of the month
BBC Music MagazineJanuary 2018

Alamire with Fretwork, David Skinner

Tallis: Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
Tallis: When Jesus Went (Salvator mundi II)
Tallis: O Lord, give thy holy spirit
Tallis: Hear the voice and prayer
Tallis: Purge me, O Lord
Tallis: A Solfinge Song
Tallis: Verily, verily I say unto you
Tallis: If ye love me
Tallis: O Lord, in thee is all my trust
Tallis: Libera (nos, salva nos)
Tallis: Litany
Tallis: O sacrum convivium
Tallis: Se lord and behold

"Everywhere [Skinner] negotiates an ear-opening path through the changing shapes and densities of Tallis’s ever-fluid formulations; the polyphony is delineated with laser-sharp precision, and he can rely on the singers’ impeccable tuning to energise the most audacious harmonies…Several unmissable discs have been spawned by 2017’s Reformation 500 celebrations; this very English perspective is right up there with the best."

BBC Music Magazine January 2018