Simon Ravens

This outstanding recording of music for Holy Saturday opens with two lessons from the third of Palestrina's four settings of texts from Lamentations, passages chanted during the Office of Tenebrae... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

I have no hesitation in acclaiming [Musica Contexta] as a vocal group of particular insight and sincerity which can bring a sense of realism to music of the sixteenth century...it feels as if... — International Record Review, July/August 2011More…

This is a Great Service of great innovation, but one which lacks the vocal and technical consistency of established Byrd interpretations. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 3 out of 5 starsMore…