A 12-piece vocal ensemble melds poetry about migration to a set of musical lamentations from the early 17th century with singularly powerful results

What a sound! Radiant, absolutely focused, extremely rich in overtones and earthy at the same time, it effortlessly filled the every corner of St. Mark’s Church.

Music was one of the few areas where women found recognition in male-dominated Renaissance Italy… as the richly talented vocal ensemble Stile Antico handsomely illustrated…

A splendid recital in which the group showed its versatility and flexibility…

Radiantly sung… Stile Antico’s attention to the colour of words, subtle alternation of solo voices and different groupings of singers lent constant variety to the timbre and tone of the sound.

As imaginatively conceived and exquisitely sung as one would expect… Superb performances that combine ensemble warmth with just enough grit to intensify the emotional edge. 

Stile Antico were on their usual excellent form… ensemble and blend… were perfect.

The balance of voices was exquisite. Stile Antico’s sound is at once blended and individual… richness of sound and complexity of meaning.

No other group has their bright freshness of sound, or their vivid immediacy in performance.

Stile Antico, the 12-strong ensemble whose name signals tonal purity, precision and musical intelligence…

Superb… as a survey of the beautifully wrought and moving church music of England’s hidden Catholics, this CD could hardly be bettered.

Stile Antico… sing with glowing perfection and textural precision