The Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble is Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano and harpsichord), Malin Broman (violin and viola), Malin William-Olsson (violin), Johannes Rostamo (cello) and Rick Stotijn (double bass). Based, as their name suggests, in Stockholm, the group has a reputation for assembling innovative programmes united around a theme or idea.

Voices of Angels

Voices of Angels, their first release for Sweden’s BIS label, brings together a suitably otherworldly collection of works connected with angels. Its centrepiece is the two-movement work of the same name by Brett Dean (b. 1961), scored (like the Trout Quintet) for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano. The opening movement, Evocation, is alone worth the price of admission...