Harmonia Mundi

The English settings, dating from Edward VI's reign, are mainly in a concise, straightforward style designed to make the words fully intelligible. Magdalen College Choir, on top form throughout,... — The TelegraphMore…

The CD opens with a quartet of marvellous instrumental tracks before we first hear Vivien Ellis in Que muyto meu pago, a paean to summer. Ellis sings with clarity, conviction and verve, and... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

…it is Manze, perhaps, who best captures the radiant character of Biber's score and who seems most readily to revel in its sheer vitality. His upper and middle vocal strands illuminate the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

…the Credo and Agnus Dei from the Missa Da Pacem… are terrific pieces - harmonically surprising, texturally varied, and far removed from the routine and anonymous sonic wash of much early polyphony.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 starsMore…