Gombert - Media vita in morte sumus 6vv

Phillips pounces on all the details that matter: dissonances crunch satisfactorily, imitative points are tightly nested, and light streams through thick homophony…The choir is fresh-sounding,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Hilliard Ensemble glides through this kind of music superbly, keeping (for example) the pearl-like vocal entries of the Kyrie of the Mass absolutely purely tuned and rock steady. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Can a Renaissance composer represented by only four surviving pieces be any good? The Huelgas Ensemble’s director, Paul Van Nevel, certainly thinks so. This requiem, low-pitched and delivered... — Sunday Times, 12th July 2020 More…

There is so much to enjoy on this album, especially from the spicy harmonic twists of Hortus conclusus…this track demonstrates what is rapidly becoming the trademark style of Beauty Farm: an... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Nicolas Gombert was one of the finest composers of the first half of the 16th century. …Jeremy Summerly… applies carefully graded dynamics to Tulerunt Dominum to bring out the dramatic narrative,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is vocal chamber music of a high order—secure in tuning, varied in sonority and elegant in phrasing — Early Music News More…