Stephen Layton MBE

Reviews

Press notices and interviews, by year.

2000

  1. The Mail on SundayHandel: Messiah...recent years have seen attempts to escape from the Victorian massed-choir approach: to recapture its…Concert Review
  2. The Independent on SundayHandel: MessiahSt John's Smith Square seemed an unlikely setting for anything but the most genteel of performances but…Concert Review
  3. The Independent on SundayHandel: MessiahHandel: Messiah - The Independent on Sunday St John's Smith Square seemed an unlikely setting for anything…Concert Review
  4. Gramophone MagazineCornelius: The Three KingsAn appealing collection of choral works from the composer of the celebrated carol, Three Kings from Persian…CD Review
  5. BBC Music MagazineCornelius: The Three KingsThese are superior performances, Layton’s group Polyphony offering refined tone and exceptional precision…CD Review
  6. Classics TodayCornelius: The Three KingsThis program offers an exciting trip into what for most listeners will be a world of happy discovery.CD Review
  7. The GuardianCornelius: The Three KingsPolyphony sing with solemn beauty. The sound is sumptuous and richly atmospheric.CD Review
  8. American Record GuideCornelius: The Three KingsEnthusiastically recommended.CD Review
  9. The TimesSchumann: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4Three unaccompanied choral settings are most sensitively sung by Stephen Layton’s London Schubert Chorale…CD Review
  10. The Sunday TimesSchumann: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4At a time when the multinational labels fill their booklets with gushing hype about the artists, Hyperion's…CD Review
  11. Gramophone MagazineSchumann: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4At a time when the multinational labels fill their booklets with gushing hype about the artists, Hyperion's…CD Review
  12. Time EuropeBach: St John Passion with ENOThe English National Opera brings Bach to vivid dramatic life Against a pale yellow background the chorus…Concert Review
  13. OperaBach: St John Passion with ENOSeeing the light It may not be what Bach intended, but ENO's St John Passion is a unique event. The live lamb…Concert Review
  14. The GuardianBach: St John Passion with ENOJust three elements make the new show worth catching: an intensely moving portrayal by Mark Padmore as the…Concert Review
  15. The TimesBach: St John Passion with ENOWhat is truth? THE big question, as posed by Richard Morrison earlier in the week, is if those in the…Concert Review
  16. The IndependentBach: St John Passion with ENOJesus Christ Opera Star Concerts of Bach’s St John Passion are familiar Eastertide events. Now the…Concert Review
  17. BBC Music MagazineSchubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 35Throughout the disc, Graham Johnson's accompaniments are typically illuminating with numerous touches of…CD Review
  18. JyllandspostenPolyphony: DenmarkThroughout this year and through 10 concerts and lectures and a most readworthy book, the unique project Er…Concert Review
  19. BBC Music MagazineSchubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 34This disc is a must for any serious Schubert collector, its pleasures enhanced by Graham Johnson's observant…CD Review
  20. Gramophone MagazineSchubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 34A feast of finely wrought, intelligent interpretations… the readings make an indelible impression.CD Review