ALL my choices this year are life-enhan­cing, but this one hits the heights of exal­ta­tion with some of Palestrina’s most inspired music… this beau­ti­ful CD seems the per­fect way to cel­eb­rate both Stile Antico’s 20th anniversary and Palestrina’s quin­centen­ary.

Stile Antico caressed the counterpoint into a smooth ribbon of precisely phrased sound, showing an almost telepathic rapport as the singers made eye contact.

Undoubtedly Beverley Minster suited the singers down to the ground: they were on top form… the music positively gleamed.

Wonderfully nuanced singing… near-telepathic understanding that comes from years of collaboration without that controlling figure in the middle.

Stile Antico specialises in music of the 16th century… sung with rich-hued warmth in the vocal sound, animation and vigour in the rhythms and an almost superhuman responsiveness between the singers.

The group treads the fine line of ‘historically informed performance’ perfectly, mingling a consummate understanding of the practice of the period with an attractive regard for the modern listener’s need for the drama of music written since.

Short but intense praise for the group Stile Antico…. their three-part anniversary concert at Wigmore Hall displayed their expertise in the repertoire they sing best

Their diction is crystal clear, and the tone and blend of the ensemble is particularly beautiful… a delicately lyrical close to an evening of exquisitely well-performed music. 

Few efforts will be better than these extremely nuanced and structurally aware performances by the vocal group Stile Antico.

Stile Antico sings this complex yet elegantly polished music with the group’s usual combination of lushness and focus, stillness and energy, bringing expression and nuance to what can sometimes slip into coolly uniform gorgeousness. 

No matter how elaborate the counterpoint, there are no hesitations, no rough edges.

Warmth, emotion and a metrical flexibility all the more striking for being achieved without a conductor. The singers seem telepathically linked…