With this, its third mesmeric and magical album, the Dowland Project applies its modus operandi - developing new realisations of early music through improvisation and experimental interaction - to a selection of pieces from the early-13th to late-16th centuries. Purists may quibble, but the results are convincing and, more importantly, utterly compelling and ravishingly beautiful.

On the final track, the three instrumentalists let their hair down in a jam session that celebrates both similarity and difference; it's a surprise end to a disc that is overwhelmingly meditative in character. Forget crass labels like "crossover" - "Romaria" is as pure a musical experience as you're likely to have.

...The point about the Dowland Project’s work is less the repertoire than the freedom and telling immediacy with which it is performed. It isn’t that the composer’s notes aren’t respected – rather they are interpreted and embellished by insightful musicians eager to dig beneath. John Potter’s beautifully modulated light tenor summons timeless spirituality and sensuality.