All who are steeped in the Orthodox tradition will cherish this recording...substantial, descriptive, and satisfying music of pure vocal essence.

...Pärt is an especially agreeable contemporary composer for the Byzantine liturgy, and that brings a high recommendation to this new issue.

...an amazing musical smorgasbord...a remarkable feat in achieving idiomatic-sounding portrayals of both. As we have come to expect from Cappella Romana, the singing is technically polished; the shining tone and precise intonation make for exciting listening.

Knaggs’s score is a welcome addition to the choral repertory, and this recording is worthy of repeated listening. It is highly recommended.

Cappella Romana is an ideal match for Pärt’s sacred music.

 I hear tonal music of considerable beauty, executed to a high degree of excellence. Simpson has given the work a sympathetic hearing and executed a performance of considerable power and beauty.

Messe des Malades is gently expressive and uplifting...and the massed choral portions have a sincerity and warmth that give the words a sense of timelessness in keeping with their original intent...

...this setting of the Requiem stirs the soul. With richly harmonic and textured singing by the choir and soloists set over minimal instrumental lines, not only does the music evoke the proper sentiments, but it does so without artifice. The Benedict XVI Choir is perfectly suited for this type of music. Their seamless tonal blend, combined with simple yet genuine delivery, directs your focus on the essence of the music.

This recording was made in a space that frames Cappella Romana’s voices perfectly for this music...

"...communicated superbly by professional choir...viscerally vivid soloists...rich strata of string colour from Kinetic. Knaggs embraces many historical influences, powerfully and unapologetically evident in an instantly relatable work...A classic for our time, perhaps?"

“a tapestry of sound that is beautifully crafted… The soloists, orchestra, and choir are all superb and give musical and committed performances

“Cappella Romana is an ideal match for Pärt's music.… This is a major Pärt recording that does not sound like any of the many others on the market.”

“here is pure Pärt. his sublime, distilled simplicity requiring and receiving total technical and emotional commitment.”

“saying that the Cappella Romana presentation of Pärt’s Odes of Repentance seems an ideal merger of composer and performers borders on cliché – which does not make the assertion any less true”

“distinct from others of Pärt’s music”

“a moving litany of rarified and heightened choral expression… perfection in…each of these beautiful works”

12 spellbinding tracks which give voice to the human yearning to be cleansed… the stars, the galaxies, all the wonders of a distant universe seem to touch us through the medium of sound.… this is an album of supreme artistry to cherish, heed, and enjoy.

Fans of medieval liturgical music should snap this up without delay; strongly recommended.

It all is breathtaking. In its realization of the spiritual connection between voice and light for both works, we get a music of illumination and shining forth, very primary with its droning and melodic-harmonic denseness. If you know Western Organum, this is the Eastern complement historically and a delight to experience.

one of our finest choirs specializing in the music of Christianity's Eastern branch… The writing conveys both darkness and light with enough spiritual oomph to keep an audience on its metaphysical toes… superb