“Tenor John Ramseyer’s voice had a shining, clear, elegance that readily summoned the more ethereal moods that Rachmaninoff expressed in the fourth movement, “O Gladsome Light.”… Ramseyer also sang with equal style and beauty of sound in the fifth movement, “Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart” and the ninth, “Blessed Art Thou, O Lord.””
“…in the Nunc Dimittis – Rachmaninov’s favourite movement and one he hoped would be sung at his funeral – invested with a quiet longing, John Ramseyer’s solo is swaddled in a gently swaying choral caress.”
“…in John Ramseyer we hear the best tenor solo since Sveshnikov’s plangent Konstantin Ognevoi. His solo in “Lord, now lettest” is poised yet passionate…”
“Mention must be made of tenor John Ramseyer, whose presence elevates three movements, including the glorious “Lord, now lettest Thou” and the rhythmically charged “Blessed art Thou, O Lord.””
“…a particularly fine tenor…”
