“[Kakabadse’s] always melodic music is thoroughly approachable…..yet not facile“
“conjures up images of a service in a great cathedral“
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL (Rob Barnett – Nov 2019)
“stunning and ambitious”
“beautiful Odyssey“
“richly textured music”
NEW CLASSICS (John Pitt – Dec 2019)
“[Odyssey] a fascinating cycle”
“listeners …. will find much of the musical material intriguing”
“[Odyssey] does a very fine job of taking an audience through thousands of years of experience in not much more than half an hour“
INFODAD (Mark J Estren: Grecian Heritage – Dec 2019)
“a must-have CD”
“All in all [this CD is] essential for anyone with an interest in the variations of the human voice”
“[The Choir] work the magic”
THE CHRONICLE/Review Corner (Jeremy Condliffe – Dec 2019)
“distinguished composer Lydia Kakabadse”
“a masterpiece of interpretation of the magnificent Odyssey”
“breath-taking in tonal beauty and you’re left spellbound listening to the whole album”
TAMVAKOS ARCHIVE (Thomas Tamvakos – Oct 2019)
“Kakabadse…. brings considerable learning as well as freshly accessible music”
“delivered with honesty and feeling by the Royal Holloway Choir”
“A fine addition to Kakabadse’s Divine Art catalogue”
CHOIR & ORGAN (Brian Morton – Feb 2020)
“[Kakabadse’s] previous release of music on this label was very impressive; this present release offers further thoughtful, imaginative music”
“most impressive song…Sancte Ioseph”
“the music here is cleverly constructed”
FANFARE (Colin Clarke – May 2020)
“Kakabadse’s music is attractive and varied…and beautiful”
“(Kyrie eleison) is a compelling movement”
“The addition of a harp…adds wonderful colour to the score and always in a highly appropriate way”
“Odyssey is a very appealing work and…is well worth hearing”
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL (John Quinn – July 2020)