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There is fine solo work from tenor Mark Dobell in ‘Invictus’, setting a poem by William Ernest Henley…From placid beginnings Goodall builds Henley’s paean to Victorian stoicism toward a peroration... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2018, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance)/4 out of 5 stars (Sound) More…

The singing, both solo and corporate is of an high order. Tenors Simon Berridge and Mark Dobell convey the touching melancholy of Humfrey's devotional songs with tender inflexions and a just... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…MacMillan's own devout Catholicism gives a special charge and authority to his religious settings, and his treatment of the prayer by Padre Pio… is no exception. The Sixteen again excel both... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Elizabeth Dobbin's expressive soprano gives almost continual pleasure… — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…

These are altogether compelling performances, with well-judged tempos…and the music always vividly characterised. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

Deft, precise and cleanly executed, these performances from The Sixteen's Britten choral series come up fresh as paint in this repackaging (A Boy was Born is the other main work). — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…