'The LSO’s playing is inspirational, both individually and corporately seemingly at one with its great conductor, virtually beyond criticism … nothing can detract from the excellence of this disc: it is quite outstanding in every respect, a very fine conclusion to a most worthwhile integral series of performances and recordings' (International Record Review)

'In Valery Gergiev's monumental version … the shadows are ever there, but void of undue sentiment or heavy-laden despair. The symmetry of this performance is overwhelming: the outer movements mountainous in dimension; the second-movement ländler grounded but vivid; the Rondo-Burleske infused with a spiky sarcasm; but all roads leading to the extraordinarily intense magnitude of the finale and its magical fading away to nothingness' (The Scotsman)

'The inner movements bristle with existential alarm, and the exhausted collapse at the height of the Rondo Burleske is particularly well done … superbly played' (The Guardian)

'Salonen surely does nearly everything that most of us require from a cutting-edge interpreter with plenty to say. His Boulezian ear for balance keeps all the textures phantasmagorically clear … [his] alertness to the right sonority gives us some moments of supernatural beauty' (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Though only a few recordings of Manchicourt's music have appeared over the past decade or so, this one is a significant addition … for its contrasting interpretive aesthetic’ (American Record Guide)

‘Recorded at Merton College, Oxford by eager, fresh young voices, singing full throatedly with a forward impetus, it has made for delightful listening. Recommended strongly’ (MusicalPointers.co.uk)

‘I was amazed … there is really excellent music here’ (Early Music Review)

‘Stephen Rice's superbly talented vocal ensemble features many members of the same family, and there's a great harmony, in all senses, about its work. Here, the Brabant does the 16th-century composer Manchicourt proud’ (FirstPost.com)

‘The more I hear of Manchicourt's music the more impressed I am … the Brabant Ensemble here sports a confidence and sureness of purpose which is indispensable in music as meaty and ambitious as this’ (Goldberg)

‘This well-selected collection places Manchicourt firmly on the musical map. The centrepiece of the recording, the Cuidez vous mass, is an inspired choice. From the clamorous lines of the opening Kyrie with their spicy harmonic clashes, through the superbly portrayed dramas of the Credo, and into the quieter realms of the Sanctus and Agnus Dei, this choir is never less than energised and sure-footed … moving and compelling’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The brilliant Easter exultation of Regina caeli is created by Manchicourt's ingenious combination of intricate canonic writing with exciting syncopated rhythms … the Brabant Ensemble's committed and responsive performances’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘From the ecstatic opening bars of the Regina caeli, which begins the recital, to the more austere grandeur of Manchicourt’s only setting of the Magnificat, with which it closes, there is not a less than thrilling moment on the whole disc. Non-experts will scarcely be aware of the hyper-refined contrapuntal techniques, daring use of dissonance and cross-relations, interspersed with passages of telling homophony; they will simply be swept along by the sheer aural brilliance of Manchicourt’s polyphony. With only two previous recordings to its name, The Brabant Ensemble has already established itself as perhaps England’s most accomplished interpreter of Renaissance sacred music. Its intelligent phrasing, purity of vocal production and well-judged use of pause and inflexion are simply astonishing. Its vivid presentation of Manchicourt’s shimmering, flamboyant polyphony is as moving as it is intellectually stimulating’ (International Record Review)