The English singers of Stile Antico are able to point up all these features with the tip of a brush, often attaining truly exciting interpretations…

The astonishingly vivid Ascendente Jesu in naviculum, which tells of Jesus and his disciples at sea in a storm, probably best showcases Stile Antico’s extrovert potential… this album is one of their most engaging recordings.

Stile Antico… seem to penetrate to the expressive heart of the music. Add in gloriously clear and perfectly idiomatic sound from London’s All Hallows Church, and the end result is a superior album…

Stile Antico makes you prick up your ears and want to follow the texts. And the more you do the more you find to engage and amaze you. This after all is the role of the finest performers… I urge you to search this disc out, it’s as good as they come.

The 12-person ensemble sings the pieces with overwhelming beauty and exactitude, forming rich, ethereal harmonies and fluid counterpoint that pull me in every time.

Yet again, the ensemble impresses through its cohesion, vocal colour, the freshness of its voices, the clarity and agility of the counterpoint, and its expressivity…

Leave it to acclaimed British vocal ensemble Stile Antico to breathe new life into music written by seldom-heard composers…

De Wert’s music’s supreme beauty, captured in convincingly natural spaciousness… will likely sweep you away… Stile Antico consistently moves the music along, creating a glowing sonic tapestry.

The rewards of this outstanding disc are double. On one hand, one is presented with the marvel of High Polyphony performed to perfection. On the other hand, there is a feeling that new doors have been opened.

This selection of motets, mostly for five or six voices, is unexpectedly rich in imagination, variety, and often sheer joyful energy, and the performances boast a high-quality technical brilliance.