Elijah, Op. 70 [sung in English]

"Connolly sings with mellifluous tone and Simon Keenlyside is an Elijah of spirit and intelligence: he may not have the sheer weight of a Bryn Terfel, but he's alive to every shift of meaning and his diction is, as ever, impeccable. The gut strings, unimpeded by vibrato, bring splendid urgency to the texture"
(BBC Music)

"Paul McCreesh uses a team of up to eight members of the Gabrieli Consort to sing such numbers as 'For He shall give his angels' and 'Cast they burden'. They do very well indeed. One other singer has to be mentioned: treble Jonty Ward. He has the small yet crucial role of the Youth near the end of Part I and he does a really first-class job. He's clear and accurate and shows excellent breath control. Furthermore, his pitching is spot-on. This must be a pressure role for a young singer but he carries it off with aplomb."
(Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2012)

"one of the striking aspects of the performance is the way that Paul McCreesh so naturally places the great set pieces within the context of a multifaceted expressive whole...familiar moments in Elijah sound newly minted here, McCreesh approaching them with polished, fluent phrasing and using the period instruments of his orchestra to underpin emphases and to add vibrant colour."
(Daily Telegraph)

"Step into Victorian Birmingham with Paul McCreesh's "authentic" recording of Mendelssohn's epic Old Testament oratorio...The thumping grandeur of the big choruses is magnificent. But against that must be placed McCreesh's tendency to insert wallowing rallentandos before every transition, and fuzzy choral diction."
(The Times)