Stile Antico is young in age and accordingly fresh in its approach to programming, a trend exemplified in this latest release of works from sixteenth- and seventeenth- century England… try to remain unmoved by their sheer beauty and fullness of expression.

The beautifully blended voices of Stile Antico give this music with all the intensity that its emotional content merits. But then every work here fairly burns itself on the heart.

Another winner from the 12-voice ensemble Stile Antico. The performing style is beautifully judged, unlaboured in terms of emphasis, but full of incident. Rhetorical details, clashes of dissonance, scrunchy false relations are astutely observed and all make their mark without distortion or exaggeration.

The performances are wonderfully fresh, revelling in the harmonic false relations and affectively attentive to the import of the words.

We are enjoined by this fine recital to bring nuance to distinctions between sacred and secular… Stile Antico’s sleek tuning and supple attention to words, and the studio recording, intimate but not claustrophobic, bring a carefully plotted span of sacred styles into our listening rooms with rare success.

Alongside the more grandiose music composed for court and cathedral, 16th century England was a fertile ground for the creation of music for private worship services. This richly appealing new release by the excellent vocal ensemble Stile Antico offers a tour… All of the music is sung with clarity and precision.

Collectors who have acquired previous releases by Stile Antico won’t be at all surprised to learn that the standard of performance is extremely high… This beautifully packaged and carefully documented release offers a most interesting perspective on the sacred vocal music of the period.

A varied treasure trove of seldom heard but extremely affecting music, nicely sung and spliced together with some darkly-glittering string In nomines played by Fretwork.

You will be floored by the flat-out beauty of the music and performances. Nobody sings this music better than Stile Antico and anyone who has even a passing interest in vocal music should get this and their other albums. Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart is an early front runner for best of the year and my favorite Stile Antico album.

The revelation is the little-known John Amner, whose “A stranger here” reaches a climax of rare dissonant intensity, powerfully sung. Another triumph for the superb Stile Antico ensemble and Fretwork.