Founded by Mark Dourish in 2011, De Profundis performs Continental Renaissance sacred music at the original lower pitch, employing the adult male singers appropriate to the period. Hailed as ‘ace’ by The Guardian, the group performs with many of the world’s leading early music conductors.

Between 2014 and 2020 De Profundis released three albums of Spanish Renaissance sacred music on the Hyperion label, winning plaudits in Gramophone magazine, on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review, and in the UK and Spanish press. Their recording of music by Sebastián de Vivanco was one of the Discs of the Year in El País. They have made several appearances in Spain, including at the International Music Festival at Las Navas del Marqués, the El Greco Festival in Toledo, and the Tomás Luis de Victoria Festival in Ávila.

In 2022 the choir launched this landmark Morales Project, with a view to perform and record the complete Masses and Magnificats of Cristóbal de Morales, the founding father of the Spanish Renaissance school. The first album in the series was released in March 2023 and was awarded a Diapason d’Or.