Phillips’s reading of the Ferrarese work is fluid and supple, and there’s a gentle momentum even in the more contemplative sections...The Scholars’ sound is lean and clear: every strand of the musical web is beautifully illuminated, and the text is carved with a sculptural sharpness...a mesmerising final chapter to this unforgettable musical odyssey.

Crowning glory to a cycle begun in 1986… These voices find an almost supernatural intensity of line, sonority, energy, and blend.

Who better to navigate such extraordinary music than the masters of tranquillity and clarity themselves, The Tallis Scholars? Their exacting style delineates the distinctive sound world of each Mass while maintaining a consistent sonic beauty...This glossily perfect performance [of Missa Faysant regretz] pings with relish and crackles with energy. A superb end to a magnificent cycle of recordings.

The main fascination is the music’s ingenious polyphonic weave. The pithy Missa D’ung aultre amer, a touching homage to Ockeghem, comes between. Peter Phillips directs expressive performances.