'The voices are rich toned, well-balanced and powered by developing teenage musculature. These are not the innocent boys' voices Britten intended. But they are probably those Poston had in mind' (Classic FM Magazine)» More

'This is a perfect selection of the vast outpouring of grief in both sacred and secular music' (Early Music Today)» More

'Pluses first: this is a great programme of too-seldom-heard 20th-century French choral works, headed by Jean Langlais' Messe solennelle, along with organ works by Messiaen and Roger-Ducasse, expertly played by David Goode (who acts as accompanist elsewhere on the disc)' (Classical Music)

'Some truly moving and uplifting moments … Benefiting from an agile and assured performance by harpist Eleanor Turner, who shines throughout the recording, Metcalf's lyricism is at its most expressive when such musical journeys are heard to return home' (Gramophone)

'The concerts played [in Queen Elizabeth Hall] had a special quality as the orchestra and its conductors were forced to rethink balance and timbre. This live recording captures that awkward, edge-of-your-seat magic … with a daringly folksy 'In Gemächlicher Bewegung' and a 'Ruhevoll' of stunning simplicity' (The Independent on Sunday)

'No one thinks of Mackerras as a Mahler specialist … yet this account of the Fourth Symphony stands comparison with any currently available on disc … Mackerras's performance has...vivid directness … almost astringent in the climaxes of the first movement, and using a daringly wide dynamic range in the spectral scherzo and the slow movement' (The Guardian)

'Bryan Crimp has done Cortot proud, prompting one to wonder whether there was ever a pianist of greater human richness and coruscating vitality' (Gramophone)

‘All the pieces here are beautifully played. Janine Jansen doesn't force her view of the music on the listener, concentrating here on an elegant, sophisticated style, but there's always a flicker of something—a little extra pressure, or a note with faster vibrato—that brings each phrase to life. Itamar Golan shows a similarly lively musical intelligence’ (Gramophone)

'I tend to be cautious with 'classical' saxophones; they can be strident and assertive, especially in small-venue recitals, but here the sound is home-friendly, mainly discreet and mellow … strikingly good; properly informative and interesting notes, with graphic design and photography unified' (Musical Pointers)» More

'Volume 2 brings the best of the 1990s, and opens with another essential recording: Brumel's Earthquake Mass, and 12 vocal parts teeming with incident and detail, yet remaining crystal clear. The disc of Lamentations is devastatingly beautiful, and the riches of Renaissance Portugal are celebrated in Cardoso's Requiem, performed here with ecstatic stillness' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Recording quality is superb throughout, and presentation is excellent with notes in three languages, and a fourth booklet in each box for texts. The sequencing has been done with real care, and for an overview of Sacred Music in the Renaissance, this could be all you need. Yes, for some the Tallis Scholars are too clean, too objective. Too perfect? That's a problem I wish I had more often' (BBC Music Magazine)» More

'Volume 3 brings us the 21st-century Tallis Scholars and the first recording of Gombert's cycle of expressively adventurous Magnificat settings. The Allegri is revisited, and redecorated, and the box ends with Masses by Josquin, their current preoccupation' (BBC Music Magazine)» More