Browse: Sheppard, J - Sacris solemniis

Perhaps the most striking feature of this recording from the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh is the way in which the trebles seem perfectly integrated within the ensemble...The rest of... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…

There are glorious moments, particularly in the centrepiece, Sheppard's Media vita, where The Sixteen's perfect ensemble, translucent colours and sensitivity to the text set the spine tingling. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The New College Choir (16 boys and 14 adults) is quite large but its engagingly fulsome sound is kept nicely in focus by the acoustics of the moderately sized church in which it was recorded.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This set centres round one of Sheppard's bestknown four-part Masses, The Western Wynde.
Though largely syllabic in style, in accordance with liturgical prescriptions at a time when taste in church... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

English choral music at its finest. — The Observer, 29th November 2009 More…