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‘A pleasure for all... the soloists excelled with ear-catching contributions... musically this was an emotionally charged account, and a treat to hear.’
Evening Standard, March 2007
‘With some full-blooded conducting from Steuart Bedford, the whole evening goes like a rocket.’
Metro, March 2007
(Royal Academy Opera: Tchaikovsky Iolanta and Puccini Gianni Schicchi)

‘The Royal Academy of Music’s production of Rameau’s tragédie lyrique, Dardanus, sped by... Ambitious is too slight a word for this extraordinary project... Robert Chevara’s neat, clear, stylish production was deftly managed.’
Independent on Sunday, November 2006

‘... stylishly directed by Robert Chevara with sumptuous costumes and a simple set. Catch it tonight or tomorrow.’
London Evening Standard, November 2006

‘Beguiling, fresh-toned solo playing from all quarters... a most enjoyable listening experience — only a hard-hearted listener could completely resist the temptation to smile... wonderful individual and collective performances...This is a commendable release.’
International Record Review, October 2006
(SymphonicWind perform Strauss, Messiaen and Stravinsky)

‘Royal Academy Opera’s matched pair of Tchaikovsky and Puccini one-acters was a great success, underpinned, under Steuart Bedford’s direction, by some of the best and most idiomatic romantic orchestral playing I have heard in student opera. Both operas involve a large number of roles and it is a real tribute to the strength of Royal Academy of Music’s Opera Course that they were able to double cast throughout… singing of the very highest standard.’
www.musicalpointers.co.uk, March 2007

‘The whole enterprise was filled with an understanding of period French style and what it takes to translate it to our 21st-century sensibilities.’
Financial Times, November 2006
‘The Academy’s ensemble dispatched it with palpable glee…The Academy’s orchestra sounded wonderfully zingy and spry under Laurence Cummings. This really was a premiere to remember.’
The Times, November 2006
(Royal Academy Opera: Rameau Dardanus)

‘The full range of more conventional musical activity is all there, of course, but the Academy is embracing the new technology and new musical directions to be found in the worlds both of education and the music profession... the developments at the Academy are many, and would probably have horrified a lot of its denizens of 30 years ago.’
Classical Music, September 2006

‘The standard is very high…could show the professional companies a thing or two…it’s a great place to prepare you for the hurly-burly of the outside world.’
BBC Radio 3 on Royal Academy Opera, February 2007
‘A wonderful musical achievement and a recording of major documentary significance.’
Choir and Organ, January 2007
('Grand Chorus': 22 historic and important organs South of the Thames)

‘Messiaen's requests are honoured in full by Keith Bragg and his excellent, already fully professional, players... The extraordinary power of the music (Messiaen’s Et Exspecto) is as imposing as I’ve ever heard it on disc...This admirable recording confirms that the Royal Academy of Music has issued another winner.’
Gramophone, November 2006

‘A line-up of teachers which looks like the British Brass Hall of Fame. And not just from the symphonic world either... In fact the Academy’s success is easily measured by the increasingly high profile successes of its graduates.’
The Brass Herald, August 2006

A showcase for outstanding vocal talent at the Royal Academy of Music, this well-planned disc also offers an attractive programme…‘
London Evening Standard, August 2006
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