Penguin Rosettes, Renaissance (era)

The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. — Choir & OrganMore…

The centrepiece here is Ockeghem's L'homme armé Mass. It may be one of his earliest Masses, dating perhaps from the early 1450s. It's also one of his most curious. For the most part it lies... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

The most striking feature of these performances is how wonderfully varied they are. In some pieces… the presentational style almost enters the realm of musical theatre, while in Tallis's God... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Cornysh's music is a riot of abundant, often seemingly wild melody, constantly in search of wanton, abstract, dare-devil ideas. Take, for example, the extraordinary conclusion to the five-part... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

This is likely to become one of your most cherished discs. It's notable for its spacious depth of sound, volatile unpredictability of interpretation, and above all the soaring sostenuto of the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

For the 1985 quatercentenary of Tallis's death, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars produced this version of Spem in alium; in many respects it's clearly the most successful ever recorded.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…