Brian Wilson
MusicWeb International
October 2016

I hadn’t come across Joanne Metcalf before but her music, setting Dante’s vision of Mary in Paradiso XXIII and dating from 1998, blends perfectly with the medieval works, themselves settings of Latin and Middle English poetry in honour of Mary, the beautiful flower, the star of the sea, the Mother of Christ and the witness of His crucifixion. Performances, recording and booklet are all as excellent as when the Voices recorded for Hyperion. A fascinating release.