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Christophers sees Monteverdi attempting here to 'speak through singing'...and this, he tells us, allows the conductor 'the most amazing licence' - of accentuation, speed and declamation. Hence... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Christophers artfully moulds and heightens the contours of the polyphonic lines, which ebb and flow in a liquid tapesty of sound...The Sixteen's rich, buttery sound is particularly effective... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Christophers tells us that the basic approach here is to allow the performers to ‘speak through singing’, and to treat the changes of time and metre ‘intuitively’ rather than with scholarly... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Regal sumptuousness … extraordinary, powerful music — Sunday Times More…

The whole effect is quasi-theatrical without being melodramatic. The Mass also has its virtues from the vigour of the Kyrie...to the delicate duetting of the Osanna. The recording retains the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If you think of lute songs as secular repertory, think again...Elin Manahan Thomas and lutenist David Miller illuminate this music's subtleties, infusing their reading with warmth and intimacy...this... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The artistry of The Sixteen makes this disc worthwhile. More satisfying, however, would be if the group would re-engage with under- or never-recorded Tudor masterpieces, rather than with its... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…