Writing in the New Yorker magazine, Alex Ross has chosen Stile Antico's second recording Heavenly Harmonies as one of the ten best discs of the year. See the full list here. Ross recently won the Guardian Book Prize for his study of 20th-century music The Rest is Noise.

Stile Antico and Sting today launched their latest collaboration, a twelve-date tour of Australia and the Far East, with a performance of Songs from the Labyrinth at the Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Morning Herald praised their "subtle but very effective" contribution. The full intinerary of their tour is available here.

Stile Antico's recent concert at the Greenwich Early Music Festival has drawn lavish praise from Musical Criticism. Reviewing their Song of Songs performance, Claudine Nightingale wrote that "the hype that currently surrounds Stile Antico is not an exaggeration of their talents". Read the full review here.

Stile Antico's summer season has come to an end with sell-out performances in Vezelay, France, and Utrecht, Holland. Their performance of The Desire of Heavenly Harmonies at last month's Bruges Festival, which was also sold out, can be heard next week on the Klara radio station in Belgium and through the internet. Full details here.

Stile Antico's two performances in the Musica Antiqua festival in Bruges have met with great acclaim. They performed music by Byrd and Tallis in the St Gilliskerk, receiving excellent reviews in the Flemish press, before collaborating with Gary Cooper and B'Rock to present Blow's Venus and Adonis in the festival's closing concert.

Stile Antico's recent release Heavenly Harmonies continues to attract international praise. We are delighted to announce that the disc has been named in the the quartely Bestenliste of the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the most prestigious German critical award.

Stile Antico's new release Heavenly Harmonies, which features Tallis' Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, was today chosen by Radio 3's CD Review as essential to any Tallis collection. The disc was particularly praised for its programming, and for an approach that "revels in the rhythm and vibrancy of the words".

Following the successes of Heavenly Harmonies and Music for Compline, Stile Antico has begun recording its third project for Harmonia Mundi. Moving into the Continental repertoire for the first time on disc, the group is recording a sumptuous selection of Song of Songs settings by the greatest composers of the Spanish and Flemish schools.

Stile Antico's new disc, Heavenly Harmonies, has broken into the top 10 of the BILLBOARD Classical Chart in its first week on US release. The disc is currently placed at #9. The group's first recording, Music for Compline, spent several weeks at #2 in the chart.

We are thrilled that Stile Antico's new disc, Heavenly Harmonies, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Diapason d'or in the April 2008 edition of Diapason. This completes a remarkable double for the group, whose first recording, Music for Compline, received the 2007 Diapason d'or de l'année. View all the group's awards here.

Stile Antico's new disc has been chosen as CD of the week in both the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard. It also receives an excellent review in the new issue of BBC Music Magazine, and been awarded a coveted 10/10 rating from Classics Today. Read all the reviews here.

Stile Antico is delighted to announce the UK launch of its second CD. Contrasting the great, impassioned Catholic motets of William Byrd with the simplest of Protestant hymn settings by Thomas Tallis, Heavenly Harmonies has already received excellent reviews. Order your discounted copy here! The disc is released worldwide in March.

Stile Antico was honoured to take part in Harmonia Mundi's 50th birthday celebrations in Arles last night. The group performed selections from their recordings for an invited audience at the beautiful Chapelle du Méjan. Their second CD for the label, Heavenly Harmonies, is released on 4th February.

Highlights from Stile Antico's concert with the Rose Consort of Viols at the York Festival last July were today featured on The Early Music Show on BBC Radio 3. The concert, focusing on Byrd's split loyalties to the Protestant Crown and Catholic Church, can be accessed via the BBC website until 29th December.

Stile Antico's debut CD Music for Compline continues to make headlines. We are delighted that the disc has been nominated for the 50th GRAMMY Awards, in the Best Small Ensemble Performance category. The winners are announced on 10th February, 2008.

Stile Antico is delighted to announce that its eagerly-awaited second CD, Heavenly Harmonies, will be launched at a concert in Oxford's prestigious Sheldonian Theatre. The concert, generously promoted by the historic Blackwell Music shop, will take place on Wednesday 16 January 2008. Please see our concerts page for details of ticket sales!

Hard on the heels of its Diapason success, Music for Compline has been awarded another accolade, this time by the editorial team at amazon.com. The disc, which topped Amazon's classical bestsellers during the summer, has been named as one of the Top 10 classical releases of 2007. See the full list here.

Stile Antico is honoured to have been awarded a prestigious Diapason d'or de l'année for 2007. Their debut recording, Music for Compline, was chosen to the receive the annual award in the early music category. The Diapason Palmarès are the most prestigious awarded by the French press, much like the UK Gramophone Awards.

Stile Antico appeared live on BBC Radio 3's In Tune this afternoon, singing music both from Music for Compline and from their forthcoming CD, The Desire of Heavenly Harmonies, and discussing their work and forthcoming projects with Sean Rafferty.

Following the overwhelming response to last week's NPR broadcast, Stile Antico's Music for Compline now stands at #2 in the latest US BILLBOARD Classical Charts! Stile Antico also features on Sting's The Journey and the Labyrinth, three places lower at #5.

Stile Antico's Music for Compline was today featured on US National Public Radio. Reviewer Tom Manoff described the group as "one of the finest choral ensembles of our day". Within hours of the broadcast, the disc had reached #1 in the Classical bestseller list at Amazon.com.

Stile Antico's recent London concert has received an outstanding review in The Times. Richard Morrison writes "Stile Antico are not only talented but have fresh ideas about how 16th-century sacred music should be presented... their interpretations are done with the conviction and unanimity that comes when an ensemble arrives at its own conclusions". Read the full review here.

Following the success of Music for Compline, Stile Antico has begun recording its second CD for Harmonia Mundi. Contrasting the simplest of Tallis' English hymns with rich, impassioned Catholic motets by Byrd, The Desire of Heavenly Harmonies is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2008.

Stile Antico is delighted to have engaged Ikon Arts to provide representation and general management from April 2007. Like Stile Antico, Ikon Arts is known for its fresh, innovative and forward-thinking approach. Together they look forward to an exciting and fruitful partnership!

After their hugely successful European tour, Stile Antico joins Sting to perform at the star-studded 2007 Classical BRIT Awards ceremony, on 3rd May at the Royal Albert Hall. Their performance can be seen on ITV1 on 13th May, at 11pm. More details at the Classical BRITS website.

Stile Antico's award-winning debut CD is now available on worldwide release - and from this website, at a discounted price! Buying directly from Stile Antico allows the group to retain a portion of the purchase price, helping to support our plans for the future. Order your copy now!

Radio 3 listeners have voted to hear Music for Compline during the "Listening Booth" on this morning's edition of CD Review. Extracts from the CD have already been broadcast during In Tune, and the group can also be heard on Radio 3's The Choir and Late Junction and on Classic FM in early February.

Stile Antico's debut recording on the Harmonia Mundi label has achieved immediate success with the critics, winning the two most prestigious accolades awarded by the French press. Music for Compline will receive the Diapason d’or and the Choc du Monde de la Musique in February's issues. The disc has also been awarded a maximum 10/10, and a rave review, by ClassicsToday.com.

Following their high-profile collaboration last Autumn, Stile Antico will once again join Sting to perform songs from his Dowland project, Songs from the Labyrinth. During February and March the group will spend three weeks on tour, visiting some of the most important venues on the Continent, including the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and the Philharmonie, Berlin. Full details at Sting's website.

Stile Antico is delighted to announce a concert to mark the release of Music for Compline, on 24th January at All Saint’s Church, West Dulwich. The concert will showcase selections from the recording, alongside sumptuous settings of the biblical Song of Songs. The audience is invited to celebrate with us afterwards at a free wine reception, and copies of Music for Compline will be on sale, two weeks in advance of the general release date.

Stile Antico has been offered a residency at next Summer’s Dartington International Summer School. The group will lead vocal ensemble courses for two weeks, the first focusing on the Cantiones Sacrae publications and the second on the English Madrigal. They will also give a concert for the Summer School participants. More details at the Dartington website.