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The singers begin with Victoria’s responses for Holy Saturday. They immediately evoke the meanings of the texts, conjuring up a compelling drama in their portrayal of Christ’s harrowing of hell... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Sixteen’s complete recording of the Selva morale collection has been praised in these pages, and the qualities of ensemble are certainly worth noting here also. They are heard to best effect... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

There is some impressive music here, such as ‘Hark! Hark! Just now my Listening Ears’ sung stylishly by one of the stars of the disc, the tenor Hugo Hymas. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Supremely musical and overflowing with food for thought. — The Guardian More…

The choir is at its best in two movements selected from Antoine Brumel's Missa Et ecce terrae motus...The Gloria opens with some truly delicate singing, and the clear, restricted harmonies evoke... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Across the disc, complex polyphonic edifices are negotiated with Christophers’s intuitive suavity, and stretches of prayerful serenity are enlivened with a gear-changing dramatic lift here,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Does Christmas sound different in America? Partly. Over half of the selections here are American in origin...Fascinating also to compare the American style of singing, more vigorous in attack... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…