‘In these pieces for singer and string quartet [Patricia Rozario] is at her very best, soaring to strenuous heights in the Akhmatova Songs and spinning a peculiar magic in The World’ (Amazon.co.uk)

‘Rozario sings divinely and the excellent Vanbrugh Quartet play with magical effect’ (The Northern Echo)

‘The Akhmatova Songs are among Tavener’s most impressive works of recent years. Performances are exemplary, as is the recording’ (International Record Review)

‘The Vanbrugh Quartet’s intense and committed performance is of the highest calibre. An indispensable and thoroughly recommendable disc’ (Gramophone)

‘The music generates an intense, mesmerising background stillness. I can’t imagine [it] performed better. The recording balances clarity and atmosphere to near-perfection’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A first class release, which Tavener enthusiasts should not be without’ (MusicWeb International)

‘A disc that I can recommend without reservation’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Even the most diehard of the Tallis Scholars' supporters who thought they'd heard everything by now will be bowled over by this astonishing performance of an astonishing work’ (Early Music Review)» More

'L'effetto sonoro è di grande impatto e può sorprendere un orecchio abituato all eufonia polifonica rinascimentale ma non ad asperità sonore sperimentali. Il resultato è una esecuzione di grande plasticità e magnificenza, con estrema cura del dettagio e della emissione vocale' (Musica, Italy)

‘This is an exceptionally fine disc. The music itself is compellingly interesting and Peter Phillips and his marvellously disciplined singers bring the music to life in a most exciting way’ (MusicWeb International)

‘It's a thrilling sound … you can see why Peter Phillips choose the Taverner for the occasion, it's a great display piece for the ensemble … on their own terms in this Taverner Mass and the 3 Magnificats settings that follow The Tallis Scholars are unsurpassed’ (BBC Radio 3 CD Review)

‘An almost tangible compactness of polyphony is allied to impeccable 'white' purity of sound, with ecstatic results’ (The Sunday Times)