MusicWeb International Recording of the Month

‘The Gluepot Connection’ is a MusicWeb International Recording of the Month for April 2018. “This whole collection is of a very high standard, the choice of pieces inspired, the singing articulate, voices disciplined and finely tuned to shape and line and sensitively coloured… This collection is heartily recommended. No doubt it will figure in my Recordings of the Year choice.” Ian Lace (MusicWeb International)

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Delius Society Journal: The Gluepot Connection is "a superb recording"

"As so often before, our friends at Somm Recordings have done us proud with a superb recording... I was extremely impressed and will be looking out for more of [Londinium’s] work… They are led by musical director Andrew Griffiths, whose background is in opera as well as broadcasting. He produces an authentic and at times thrilling sound on this CD… this would be a welcome addition to anyone’s record library and is highly recommended." Richard Packer (Delius Society Journal)

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MusicWeb International says The Gluepot Connection is "rather special"

"Over time I have got used to the very high quality of Somm's engineering, presentation, programming and performances. But even by those high standards this is a very fine disc indeed - possibly one of their finest… Griffiths achieves a quite superb rich blend and balance across all the parts… this new disc has a collective conviction and real sensitivity to the text(s) and an engagement with the varied styles of each composer that is massively compelling… I am a fan of Somm - they produce consistently impressive discs - but even by those standards this is rather special.” Nick Barnard (MusicWeb International)

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The Daily Telegraph praises The Gluepot Connection with 4 stars

“They relish the dreamy harmonies of Lutyens's 'Verses of Love'; they produce a thrillingly intense tone on Alan Rawsthorne's 'Four Seasonal Songs'; and they're not intimidated by the cruelly high notes in Bax's 'Mater ora filium… It's a dream of Old England, which in the best of the pieces, such as Warlock's 'The Full Heart' attains a beauty and intensity that goes far beyond nostalgia." ★★★★ Ivan Hewett (The Daily Telegraph)

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"Beautifully balanced singing" - first review for The Gluepot Connection

“Beautifully balanced singing from the Londinium chamber choir keeps texture clear and clean. Warlock's 'The Full Heart' is a stand out, on its own worth the price of the CD… The voices of the Londinium chamber choir rise to the task, their voices glowing, “Amen, Amen”. It's as if a stained glass window were bursting into song!' Anne Ozorio (Classical Iconoclast)

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