‘John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman and Rogers Covey-Crump are musicians who are entirely inside the style and manage to present everything with impeccable taste and purity’ (Gramophone)

‘Excellent performances, beautifully recorded’ (BBC World Service)

‘Enthusiastically recommended’ (American Record Guide)

‘These are superior performances, Layton’s group Polyphony offering refined tone and exceptional precision, together with a careful observation of Cornelius’s dynamics and fluent phrasing’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘An appealing collection of choral works from the composer of the celebrated carol, Three Kings from Persian lands afar. Polyphony are perfect advocates of this richly woven choral writing and the solo singing is very fine too’ (Gramophone)

‘Polyphony sing with solemn beauty. The sound is sumptuous and richly atmospheric’ (The Guardian)

‘This program offers an exciting trip into what for most listeners will be a world of happy discovery’ (Classics Today)

‘Very highly recommended’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘80 minutes of exceptional music’ (Goldberg)

‘Wholly enjoyable … this makes for interesting, varied listening, and turns up some real gems that might otherwise have been passed over. Far from being a curiosity, then, this CD is a fascinating document of 17th century musical practice, and most enjoyable in its own right’ (Gramophone Early Music)

‘Fine playing and crystal-clear recording throughout’ (Gramophone)

‘An elegant, insightful premiere recording of a recently published manuscript [on] two marvellous instruments, superbly recorded’ (Classic CD)