'...one of the most beautiful versions around, and combined with Linn's excellent recording skills, this is very much worth having.'
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Top 20 Classical Albums of 2017: ‘There’s a fun tradition of venerable composers playing the speaking roles in Stravinsky’s Faustian fable The Soldier’s Tale. The custom was honoured this year with Oliver Knussen conducting Harrison Birtwistle as a superbly laconic Soldier and George Benjamin as a deliciously supercilious Devil. Bizarre and brilliant.’
The Herald
Top 20 Classical Albums of 2017: ‘With great style and charisma, Peter Whelan and his excellent Ensemble Marsyas reconstructed a typical Society concert in Edinburgh 1742.’
The Herald
'De match met de Bolero is fantastisch.'
Kerk en Leven
A 2017 Recording of the Year
New York Times
Top 20 Classical Albums of 2017: ‘…we got the glorious 1610 Vespers as given the Dunedin treatment for Linn: stripped back performances under John Butt that are fresh and luminous, lithe and alive.’
The Herald
Recording of the Year: '...wonderfully vivid playing of tremendous music was the icing on the cake. Lip-smacking stuff!'
MusicWeb International
Critics’ Choice – #4 Best Recording of 2017: 'Medieval enchantment! These newcomers...are so incredibly promising.'
De Standaard
Recording of the Year: '...every semiquaver [is] perfectly in place, performed with crystal clarity.'
Presto Music