Browse: Monte, P (composer), Anthems & Motets

Unsurprisingly, refinement abounds, though sometimes at the expense of ‘bite’. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Christophers’s juxtapositions are always rewarding, and The Sixteen is on ravishing form. There’s an unmannered generosity to the singing whose wide-eyed freshness enables Christophers to keep... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The ensemble's view of this repertory, though hardly new, is delivered with such intelligence and rhetorical persuasiveness that the cumulative weight of their Byrd, in particular, is well-nigh... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 More…

The six male singers of Cinquecento have a lot going for them. The voices are warmly recorded though a little too closely… their performances make it clear that Monte is a composer of distinction. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The ‘reconstitution’ of Tallis Libera nos as a brief choral work is very effective and the inclusion of the rich music of the 17th-century recusant Peerson is a welcome revelation… The singing... — Early Music Review, December 2013 More…

Byrd's repertory is familiar largely through English recordings. Departing radically from that tradition, Philippe Herreweghe renews the power of Byrd's masterpieces with sensual, intimate, moving,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…