MusicOMH reviews Stile Antico at the Wigmore Hall
Stile Antico presented the concert with their usual effortless brilliance… the music seems to form organically in the space between the twelve singers.
Barry Creasy, MusicOMH.com (27 November, 2015)
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The Philadelphia Inquirer on A Wondrous Mystery
Beautiful voices, clear and honest engineering, and pretty package… no mystery about its appeal.
David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer (22 November, 2016)
Going Underground
Emma reports on Stile’s return to one of our favourite destinations: “I got more than a few raised eyebrows when I told people I was taking my five week old baby to Switzerland so I could work, but I explained this was really an unmissable trip – after all, it’s not every day you are…
Classics Today awards 10/10 to A Wondrous Mystery
A consistently entertaining and often enlightening program… Hieronymus Praetorius’ Magnificat is one of the two special highlights, with its well-integrated tribute to the famous tune “In dulci jubilo” and some absolutely sublime singing… You won’t hear finer singing anywhere.
David Vernier, Classics Today (October 2015)
Examiner.com enjoys A Wondrous Mystery
All selections are performed with that knowledgeable approach to Renaissance practices that has established and affirmed Stile Antico’s place in the early music community. However, their approach to expressiveness is anything but academically sterile.
Stephen Smoliar, Examiner.com (20 October, 2015)
Introducing our new Christmas recording
Stile Antico is excited to introduce its new disc, A Wondrous Mystery, which is now available for UK pre-orders ahead of its UK release date of 30th October. The group’s tenth disc on the Harmonia Mundi label, A Wondrous Mystery is a Christmas-themed recording which contrasts a sumptuous mass by the Flemish composer Clemens non Papa with a selection of infectiously joyful old-German carols. It takes…
Stile Antico returns to the BBC Proms
Stile Antico returned to the BBC Proms on Sunday 16th August, singing two motets by Orlande de Lassus at the Royal Albert as part of a musical celebration of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The group’s singing was feted in the press: writing in The Times, Geoff Brown described their performance as “manna from heaven”,…
Tenth-anniversary album praised in The Observer
This compilation disc is an ideal introduction to their work: both to their refreshing approach to programming and to the refined but vigorous quality of their sound.
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer (21 June, 2015)
Stile Antico embarks on tenth-anniversary season
Stile Antico is thrilled to open its tenth-anniversary season with tonight’s appearance at the Spitalfields Festival. This performance marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of the group’s first decade, and also celebrates the release of Sing with the Voice of Melody, a compilation album drawn from Stile Antico’s nine award-winning recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label….
Tenth-anniversary disc released
Stile Antico is delighted to announce the release of its tenth-anniversary compilation disc, Sing with the Voice of Melody. In celebration of the group’s first decade, Stile Antico’s record label Harmonia Mundi invited each member to choose a favourite work from their recordings to date, and has brought them together to create a beautiful compilation album…
The Hapsburgs in Chipping Campden
There is no denying the quality of Stile Antico’s performances… This was a fascinating, meticulously researched and well designed programme.
Roger Jones, Seen and Heard International (13 May, 2015)
Stile Antico returns to BBC Proms in 10th anniversary season
Stile Antico is delighted to announce its return to the BBC Proms on Sunday 16th August 2015, as part of the of the ‘Sherlock’ celebration. The group will sing music by Lassus in what will be one of the highlights of its tenth-anniversary season. Sherlock Holmes himself is revealed (in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story The…