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

Stile Antico, as ever, excel in plangency… their sound is meltingly gorgeous.

The dozen voices of Stile Antico give achingly expressive performances of Elizabethan masterpieces…

The ensemble blends beautifully, so the harmonies seem to glow… an ecstatic performance.

These were singers who knew just when to bring out an inner voice, just when to emphasize a climactic note or a pivotal dissonance. They always knew where the music was going and why. It was a superb concert.

Stile Antico sensibly brings a variety of pace to its performances… the singers inject plenty of Latin passion into their clear, English choral sound.

This has to be Stile Antico’s best album to date: it’s certainly their most gripping and, as ever with this ensemble, the vocal sound is sumptuous throughout… It’s rather thrilling therefore to hear Stile Antico… tap in to the dramatic excitement and atmospheric intensity now associated with these works.

Stile Antico’s performance – the settings for each day separated by plainsong – seems to capture that mix of austerity and contained intensity perfectly.