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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…

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…

[Christophers] fields an impressive period-instrument orchestra, and a game and regularly strong choir...Of the soloists, the finest is Gillian Keith, consistently graceful and utterly winning... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Christophers is in his element here, and though his string ensemble is half the size of Purcell’s Twenty-Four Violins, he coaxes a robust, full-bodied sound from his players. The detailed recording... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…