[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity and coherence. Technically the singing is impeccable without being at all effortful or studied...Huge credit to Nigel Short. Of this programme's type, I can't envisage hearing anything better.

all performed with Tenebrae’s customary poise.

Short gives wonderful shape to the well-known 'My soul, there is a country' and extracts that essential longing from 'I know my soul hath power'...Most impressive, however, is the fluidity of the double-choir motet, 'Lord, let me know mine end', the textual clarity and emotional intensity of that fairly summarises the complexity of the composer's heterodoxy.

The tone quality achieved by Tenebrae is incredibly smooth and consistent. There isn't a hint of unevenness or unwanted peaks and troughs within individual voice parts. It's an extremely easy choir to listen to...there is a very quiet, still quality to the disc that, over the course of the whole programme, is quite soporific, relaxing and altogether ideal for a winter evening's listening.