Recordings
‘This is a choir of well-matched young voices. Out of their ranks they produce some admirable soloists’ — Gramophone
‘The Choir of Gonville & Caius show themselves once again as one of Cambridge’s most accomplished.’ - Gramophone
The Choir’s wide-ranging recorded repertoire is based on the music it performs each week in the College Chapel for services of Choral Evensong and Holy Communion, and is also supplemented by more extended sacred works and secular music such as folksongs and madrigals. Recordings have been met with unanimous critical acclaim. Caius Choir recordings are available from all good record shops, from www.amazon.co.uk, or on request from The Choir Administrator (choir@cai.cam.ac.uk)
The Observer
Music for choirs varied, immediate, sparklingly inventive has been a mainstay of British composer Judith Weir's career since the 1980s. This impeccably performed disc by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge conducted by Geoffrey Webber displays her gifts to best advantage. Read more…
BBC Music Magazine – Choral & Song choice
The freshness and precision of Weir’s writing is perfectly matched by the well tuned, clearly articulated singing of Geoffrey Webber’s Gonville & Caius Choir, one of Cambridge’s outstanding mixed college choirs. Read more…
Choir & Organ
This welcome first recording devoted to Judith Weir’s choral music makes one wonder why the long delay. Read more…
Music Web International
Their singing gives consistent pleasure and the various solos within individual pieces are all very capably taken. Read more…
Classical Music
Performances are predictably responsive and the excellent recording misses nothing. Read more…
International Record Review
Performances are first-rate and apparently have the composer's imprimatur. One of the Caius choristers, soprano Marie-Claire Lindsay, shines brightly in the difficult solo descant to a blue true dream of sky. Read more…
The Arts Desk
the singing of Geoffrey Webber’s Choir of Gonville and Caius College is flawless. Read more…
Cross Rhythms
The athleticism, intensity and clarity that are hallmarks of the choir's singing are ideally suited to Weir's strikingly original, approachable and fascinating music. Read more…
Lyric FM
Wonderful - this would certainly be on my contemporary choral shortlist for this year. Read more…
‘This collection is the perfect stocking-filler ... the impressive choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, impeccably drilled by Geoffrey Webber, sings a dozen exquisitely conceived, technically challenging carols’ — The Sunday Times
‘This is a splendid disc of a multifaceted, many–layered, modern masterpiece.’ — Gramophone Editor’s Choice, June 2009
‘The performances are stylish, and even the soprano soloists sound like boy trebles.’ — Early Music Review, June 2008
‘The Choir of Gonville and Caius College is a fine choir, which is technically reliable and sings with flair and enthusiasm ... I recommend this disc without hesitation.’ — Music Web
“Caius College Choir under Geoffrey Webber is in excellent voice ... Nobody interested in 16th–century English music should be without this educational and ground–breaking CD” — Early Music Today
A recording of the sacred choral music of Charles Gounod, including a version of the celebrated Bach/Gounod Ave Maria, arranged for soprano and violin.
‘I love this CD. The ear is constantly refreshed by changes of texture and colour... and the Choir sing with great aptness and musicality under Geoffrey Webber. It's a most refreshing release and one you'll enjoy listening to again and again.’ — BBC Radio 3
‘The performances by the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge under Geoffrey Webber are splendid. I recommend this CD with the greatest possible enthusiasm.’ — Music Web International: Recordings of the Year
‘Enthusiastic, dynamic, world-class performances’ — Classics Today
‘Geoffrey Webber's choir sings with greater passion than most of its Oxbridge rivals, an advantage in the case of Clarke's bold harmonies and sweeping melodies. Recommended.’ — Classic FM Magazine
‘The sound of the choir is an exact match for the music: well-blended, smooth and civilised.’ — BBC Music
‘The world–class Gonville & Caius choir, as expected, gives full measure to these works.’ — Classics Today
‘All three performances are excellent, and they are sensitively filmed.’ — Gramophone
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‘The Choir of Gonville and Caius sings with fresh tone, a clean style and reliable intonation. We look forward to Volume 2.’ — Gramophone
‘If you treasure excellent choral singing then you should not ignore this release. The performances of the choir are exceptional in their attention to dynamics, phrasing, precision of attack and textual enunciation. Highly recommended.’ — Fanfare Magazine USA
‘Performances are immaculate, with some lovely solo and ensemble singing.’ — Choir and Organ
‘Caius illuminates yet another overlooked musical byway.’ — Classic CD
‘Life has been breathed into a score which so easily could have been just a dry academic exercise; in short, this is a Passion with a soul. The choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, are in excellent voice, as is the refreshingly young solo team.’ — BBC Radio Three: CD Review
‘This undeservedly neglected repertoire … is rich in colours. Such poise and technical control from a college choir, with its constant turnover of undergraduate voices, is remarkable.’ — BBC Music Magazine
‘This is a choir of well–matched young voices, secure in matters of balance and intonation, sensitive in phrasing and nuance. Out of their ranks they produce some admirable soloists.’ — Gramophone
‘This issue of music by Samuel Wesley (acclaimed as the ‘English Mozart’ by Boyce) is delightful. Webber and the Choir … give a vibrant account of the vigorously contrapuntal In exitu Israel, enchant with simple melodiousness in gems like Ave Regina caelorum … and enthuse with infectious exuberance in Domine salvam fac.’ — BBC Music Magazine
‘Wonderful music, wonderfully performed’ — Classic FM Magazine