Reviews:
Top
recommendation in Gramophone Christmas music round-up
...the
recording is of demonstration quality. The hand-picked Quire of London,
directed by the composer, are alive to every subtle nuance of the master
craftsman. Carter is the supreme carolist who can take the most hackneyed tune
(Stille Nacht) and revive it into something ravishingly beautiful. My top
recommendation. Gramophone.
....the
sound of this choir lacks nothing. It is full, rich and perfect in tuning and
enunciation... With John Scott at the console, the accompaniment is quite
simply perfection itself... Each (carol) is its own delight.
One
might think one's Christmas recording collection complete. Listening to this CD
could cause one to rethink that position. Highly recommended. The American
Organist.
*****
(Five stars)
If you buy only one seasonal disc this Christmas, make it this. Carter has no
peer amongst living composer-arrangers of carols... Highlights abound... Choir
and organ are top-notch and the first-class booklet includes full texts.
Guaranteed to please year after year.
Yorkshire Evening Press.
His
new collection...confirms an individual voice, with a predominantly gentle
sense of wonder, simply but subtly harmonised. BBC Music Magazine.
Here's
a disc we've all been waiting for! There's something here for every performer,
both for pleasurable listening and for inspiration for our own Christmas
programmes. Sing for Pleasure.
The
20-voice choir makes some impressive sounds, ably caught in the stunning sonic
ambience... The ladies' voices soar freely, and the men's voices confidently
underpin the vocal web... American
Record Guide.
Performance (Five stars) Recording (Four stars) Yorkshire Post.