A lovely review of the album from Graham Rickson at The Arts Desk (theartsdesk.com):

The first work on this album was meant to have been taped back in 2020. No prizes for guessing what prevented this. Composer Paul Honey planned to record his settings of poetry by Gregory Warren Wilson for his own satisfaction alone, but hearing the music for the first time when sessions began in March 2022 convinced him to compose and record a full album’s worth. Recast with solo cello instead of violin, Earth’s Imagined Corners sets four haiku. Cellist Justin Pearson’s opening soliloquy gives no hint as to what’s coming, the imperceptible entry of Jonathan Darbourne’s Locrian singers on a quiet sustained D a magical moment. “Leatherback”, the second in the sequence, depicts newly hatched turtles heading towards the sea, and “Fireflies” glows.

This album features a starry cast: soprano Grace Davidson duets with harpist Jean Kelly in “Spring’s First Migration” and “San Clemente at Dawn”, both exquisite, and tenor James Gilchrist is accompanied by pianist Anna Tilbrook in the song cycle A Wing of Light. It’s refreshing to hear contemporary art songs which are so readily accessible, the assorted vocal soloists singing as if they’re tackling repertoire standards. Try “Between Midnight and Sunrise”, baritone Johnny Herford and pianist Matthew Fletcher pondering the mysteries of the night (“the birds will print their fossicking in code/but I am still possessed by what I do not know.”) in style. It’s a gorgeous song. Try the five numbers which make up Dancing Alone, Herford really nailing the quickfire delivery needed in “Sitting out the Tarantella” – his delivery of the couplet “they stare back at me so placidly/I can almost smell their sobriety” is an album highlight, as is Honey accompanying mezzo-soprano Frances Gregory in “Any Other Way”. This is an appealing anthology from a composer I’d not encountered before, and it’s nicely engineered. Full texts are provided, though Quartz miss a trick in not giving us details of who’s singing and accompanying what.

https://theartsdesk.com/classical-music/classical-cds-hamlet-harps-and-haiku