Discography
“It's a knock-out.” (Musicweb International)
"Catherine King sings stunningly" (BBC Music Magazine)
*Gramophone Editor’s Choice
With Gianluca Capuano directing "Il canto di Orfeo", from Milan
Linn BKD 576 (formerly Avie2116 2006)
"Glorious... I cannot avoid mentioning the marvellously experienced singing of Catherine King, and her duetting with Steven Harrold: that is seriously classy." (Gramophone Editor's Choice)
"This is medieval music at its finest...with some exceptional singing from Catherine King in particular...don’t hesitate to add this to your music collection." (Album of the Month, 5 Stars, iClassical)
Linn Records CKD 568 (2018)
“King exhibiting her pleasingly resonant timbre with great assurance in ‘Zum reinen Wasser’ from Cantata 112; this is where her sense of linguistic colour and unequivocal commitment to the paraphrase of Psalm 23, ...
‘he leads me beside the still waters’, is most infectiously conveyed.” (The Gramophone)
With Norwegian Baroque Orchestra
Linn Records CKD158 (2002)
"...deep and inspiring... pure vocal joy.." (RSI Switzerland Rete Due)
"Everything on the program is rendered splendidly, as would be expected of this ensemble... Recommended" (Fanfare)
Linn CKD 541 (2016)
"...the sheer beauty of sound here is profoundly moving... A superb disc I've found compulsive listening."
AIRS DE COUR Solo songs and duets * King/Daniels/Heringman
* Award winning disc BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone
Linn Records CKD 089 (‘99)
"Stylishly sung by Catherine King and Charles Daniels with beautifully shaped phrasing and admirably clear words." (The Telegraph)
King/Daniels/Heringman Linn Records CKD 142 (‘00)
EMI - THE RECORD OF SINGING VOL 5 From the LP to the digital era - alongside Baker, Carreras, Fassbaender, Ludwig, Rogers etc!
10 CD Box Set EMI Classics 50999 2 28949 2 2 (’09)
King/Van Evera/Ek/Marshall
EMI Virgin 5 45324 2 (‘99)
RECLAIMING EROS - Music by Andrew Keeling
King + Gothic Voices + chamber works Burning Shed CDR (’05)
“This is a work I found both beautiful and dignified, and, though the word may seem inappropriate, exciting, for it is extremely powerful with a momentum that is evident right from the start.
I thoroughly and unreservedly recommend that you listen to it.” (MusicWeb International)
Kiss/King/Hilz/Choirs of Washington National Cathedral and Chamber Orchestra/McCarthy Simax PSC 1257 (’04)
Petitbon/King/American Boy Choir EMI Virgin CDC 5 45368 2 (‘ 99)
"The sounds of flute, viol and lute, together with the purity of Catherine King’s voice, carry the feeling of the old within a contemporary context." (BBC Music Magazine)
King/Virelai
Riverrun RVRCD62 (’ 02)
Kiss/King/Fuglseth/Kielland/Nidarosdomens Jentekor/Norwegian Baroque Orchestra
KKV FXCD 295 ('04)
Budday/Musica Florea Prag/Maulbronner Kammerchor
ISBN 3-930643-71-5 ('00)
King/Ferguson
VIF Records (‘ 96)
"Catherine King's pure mezzo reveals an equal sense of ease with this lovely music" (Fanfare)
"King sings six of the original forty stanzas, and the listener is drawn into the telling of the poetry. One would welcome the whole poem, if King were reciting it." (Fanfare)
King/Heringman ASV CD GAU 162 (‘97)
"Catherine King, with her agile, velvety mezzo-soprano voice, is an ideal interpreter of these refined and charming songs." (Alte Music Aktuell)
King/Heringman ASV CD GAU 183 (‘98)
"Noël Nouvelet was simply a delight, with King duetting lyrically with Lyons over a flowing, rippling accompaniment. A rich treat.” (Concert review in Early Music Today)
King/Virelai EMI Virgin 5 45313 2 (‘98)
"I can't imagine Hildegard of Bingen ever heard her music more beautifully, or more intelligently sung. Catherine King does crystal clear purity without sounding in the least "goody goody" - no mean feat.
She also does raunchy... Et la don don" (Record Review BBC Radio 3)
King/Virelai EMI Virgin 5 45286 2 (‘97)
"Catherine King sings ravishingly." (Early Music Review)
"Catherine King is a splendid singer of the songs here... a delight." (The Gramophone)
King/Heringman/Rose Consort of Viols Naxos 8.553326 (‘97)
"Catherine King ... is the mistress of all she purveys, particularly impressive in the solemn songs (of which there are more than a few), enhanced by her skilful shading of timbre." (The Gramophone)
King/Virelai EMI Virgin 5 45288 2 (‘99)
"King's rich mezzo is an ideal complement to the warm, reedy viols, and the instrumental playing must receive special mention for its sensitivity and tasteful style." (Classics Today)
King/Rose Consort of Viols Naxos 8.554284 (‘00)
King/Bott/Virelai BBC Music Magazine 54 (‘97)
"Alto Catherine King’s voice melts at times into the timbre of the viols; her gentle sorrow in “Woe Is Me” is simply heartbreaking… first-rate album, appropriate for both the novice and the well-versed listener." (Time Out, New York)
Fretwork/Kirby/King/Daniels/Greig/Wistreich/Arnold Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 907320 (’03)
King/Tucker/Marini Consort Riverrun RVRCD53 (‘01)
"The group's cast is a recommendation in itself" (The Sunday Times)
King/Musica Secreta Linn CKD 071 (‘98)
"Musica Secreta's singing is perfectly matched to this music: the voices blend beautifully - the soaring sporanos paired with the full, warm tone of the altos - while their mastery of improvised embellishments
and their technical and emotional range are impressive and highly effective" (International Record Review)
Musica Secreta Linn CKD 113 (‘01)
“The CD is a delight. It contains music which is focused; intimate without being breathily urgent; lightly melodious and shot through with clean, expressive singing ... Gothic Voices have the gift of being able to bring such music to life so effortlessly." (Musicweb International)
Gothic Voices
Linn BKD573/Avie AV2151 (’06)
"mouth-watering medieval programme... Gothic Voices catch hold of the extravagant weirdness of works written with highly educated connoisseurs in mind, propelling them into the 21st century with irresistible dash and enthusiasm." (Classic fM Magazine)
Gothic Voices
Linn BKD574/Avie AV2089 (‘06)
"Were Botticelli's Primavera to burst into song, she would probably sound like this" (Independent on Sunday)
Musica Secreta Linn CKD 169 (’02)
"A winner. A magical evocation of a lost English 12th-century world" (Classic CD)
Gothic Voices Hyperion CDA67177 ('00)
"Alto, Catherine King is wonderfully moving....King’s dark alto closes the programme..." (Early Music America)
"If you value excellence wherever it is to be found, then this disc, in its quiet way, is a piece of perfection" (Classic CD)
*Gramophone Critics Choice*
Gothic Voices Hyperion CDA67098 ('99) Jerusalem:Vision of Peace CDA67039
"A revelation, not only of top-rate neglected music, but also how it should sound. A perfect marriage of musical style and scholarship. Insight and enjoyment hand in hand" (Classic CD)
Gothic Voices Hyperion CDA67010 ('98)
"Deeply moving and magical" (Gramophone)
*Gramophone Critics Choice*
Gothic Voices Hyperion CDA66783 ('95)
"A very special achievement … music of the very highest order, seldom recorded. Essential listening!" (Gramophone)
*Gramophone Editor's Choice*
Gothic Voices Hyperion CDA66857 ('96)
"A surpassingly lovely collection of music to be heard and marveled at. The singing is incredibly moving. Buy it, and get 'Caput' too if you didn't heed the previous recommendation" (Fanfare, USA)
Gothic Voices Hyperion CDA66919 ('97)