‘Gloriously performed … the Westminster Cathedral Choir sing with a fervour and passion that puts their Anglican colleagues in the shade in this repertoire’ (The Good CD Guide)

‘Exemplary’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘My single most satisfying choral disc of the year … I cannot be dispassionate about this record: marvellous, natural, throaty, vivid singing … a must’ (The Sunday Times)

‘One of my most cherished records … such poise and sensitivity … one of the best choral records of its kind currently available. I can recommend it without reservation’ (Gramophone)

‘The choir is radiant in its home acoustic, and Martin Baker's well-researched decision to employ an understated organ 'continuo' adds small but telling touches of colour to the texture’ (International Record Review)

‘It is ideally suited to the full-throated, vibrant singing of the Westminster Cathedral Choir, while Martin Baker's finely controlled direction displays a keen architectural sense … a wonderful disc’ (Goldberg)

‘The choir of Westminster Cathedral has long been noted for its distinctive Continental-style tone, which gives its performances of Latin sacred polyphony an attractively distinctive quality. This magnificent recording, which shows off Victoria's mastery of the art of writing music for up to three choirs in the grandest possible manner, suggests that 2004 is a vintage year for them … recordings of Renaissance polyphony rarely come much better than this’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘We hear the boys' voices—and what a wonderfully incisive and vivid sound they make, cutting through the swathes of echo like a hot knife through butter—floating angelically above a heaving wash of lay clerk harmony … polyphony designed to inspire feelings of sanctity and spirituality, and this recording captures that element to perfection. Martin Baker has a lovely way with the musical phrases, letting them emerge from the dark recesses of the cathedral, allowing them generous space in which to soar and float before gently subsiding back to the vast darkness from which they emerged. It creates a sensation of great timelessness … illuminating and deeply rewarding’ (International Record Review)

‘The men of Westminster Cathedral Choir make a stunning sound … beautifully sung’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘It makes a compelling whole, sung with rapt purity by the male voices of Westminster Cathedral choir’ (The Guardian)

‘An elaborate musical mosaic, the appeal of which owes much to the atmospheric depths of the Westminster acoustic, beautifully captured on this recording’ (Financial Times)

‘Close-up, full-throated and passionate’ (International Record Review)