Palestrina - Terra tremuit

[In the Regina coeli] the singers enliven the texture with their nuanced renderings of the marvellous contrapuntal connections, and the recording make the most of the double-choir effects in... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The opening sequence, Stabat Mater, shows just what is admirable about this choir and the direction it receives...every ounce of implied drama, of unsettled feeling, and of deep reflection is... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The aspect of the performance that may first strike most listeners is the tone quality of the voices. These singers have a vocal production that is consciously not the smooth, white-voiced... — International Record Review More…

These are, all told, performances of real quality and intelligence, by a choir which has carved a highly distinctive niche for itself amid the Oxbridge scramble — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This recording of Palestrina's music for Holy Week opens with the strong rising fifth of the Palm Sunday plainchant antiphon Hosanna filioDavid. We go on to experience the solemn moments of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…