“A similar full sound emerged in the too few solos for the bass-baritone Alex Ashworth, who was buttery in the Bach and commanding in his 11th hour entrance as Moderato in the Handel.”
New York Times
Bach B Minor Mass, Handel L’allegro, Il penseroso ed il moderato
Carnegie Hall
“Alex Ashworth’s ‘Quia fecit mihi magna’ steals the show: if one could bottle gravitas, this would be it”
Bach Magnificat: “Christmas in Leipzig” CD - Solomon’s Knot.
“The singers were individually often a joy - bass Alex Ashworth's duetting with bassoonist Inga Maria Klaucke in "For he that is Mighty" is still resounding in my ear”
— The Daily Telegraph ****
Bach Magnificat, Solomon’s Knot.
“Stentorian bass Alex Ashworth, however, showed no such hesitation in his declamatory recitative "Erwählt such Gott die heilgen Hütten". Thrilling stuff.”
Bach Cantata Ring, John Eliot Gardiner, Leipzig.
“in the Quoniam, for instance, exceptional horn player Anneke Scott stood shoulder to shoulder with heroic Bass Alex Ashworth in a totally equal partnership”
— The Guardian *****
Bach B Minor Mass Solomon’s Knot, Spitalfields Festival.
“The best singing comes from the Messenger of Alexander Ashworth, who finds the full effect in his music”
“I went to take a second look at Welsh National Opera’s stunning production of Berg’s Wozzeck. The performance remains magnificent – I’d like to record that Christopher Purves’ understudy Alex Ashworth did a heroic job stepping into the title role - and the large audience was hugely enthusiastic.”
Berg Wozzeck Welsh National Opera.