R E V I E W S:

'A tiny soundbite of Heaven.' - The Times

'...The Sixteen, under Harry Christophers, has developed its own mellifluous, disciplined manner, manicured and highly polished.' - The Daily Telegraph

"The Sixteen are in awesome voice on their latest CD, recorded in the Deptford church where the Tudor playwright Marlowe is commemorated. They have good diction over the stretched syllables and faultless intonation. Strong, bright sopranos, mellifluous basses, well-blended tenors and lithe, unstraining altos are their hallmark. The conductor Harry Christophers chooses six works by three composers, each an underappreciated masterpiece. This is less true of Parsons's Ave Maria, which has become a polyphonic hit in recent years, than it is of Robert White's five-part Lamentations, surely the equal of Tallis's, or Christopher Tye's deeply penitential Peccavimus. We have sinned."

-- Rick Jones, Sunday Times (London) [2/9/2008]

"O bone Jesu, [is] a long piece which in no sense outstays its welcome in the excellent performance which it receives here...The melancholy beauty of the music and the passionate beauty of the singing disarm criticism...The acoustic and recording balance are just right and the notes are informative."

-- Brian Wilson, MusicWeb International