Tom + Will : Weelkes & Byrd: 400 years

"This is a first-rate combination of performing forces and works, a pleasing mix of 17 instrumental and vocal pieces (some for solo voice and viols, others choral) that includes well-known anthems ... and David Skinner's own edition of the rarely heard Second Service ... Byrd enthusiasts should not hesitate to plunge in to what turns out to be one of the more uplifting, engagingly programmed, expertly performed 71 minutes of music I've heard in a long time".

"This disc is a benchmark - of interpretation, scholarship and programming ... It is above all the conviction of the performance - its flawless ensemble, radiant boy trebles and sensitivity to implied rhetoric - that carries the argument".

"Choral & song choice: The title 'Tom and Will' refers to two of our greatest Renaissance composers, Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd ... From Weelkes we have the immensely subtle Hark all ye lovely saints, set to springy, vertiginous changes of metre beautifully negotiated by the singers, and his In nomine a 4, performed in a delightfully skittish manner by Fretwork ... This new release is one of the finest recordings of this repertoire and can be warmly recommended".

"Die King's Singers betören mit ihrem intonationssicheren Chorgesang, lassen aber auch grössere Solostrecken zu, bei denen ein jeder der sechs Herren sich einmal präsentieren darf. Wie gut ihre Stimmen dann aber wieder miteinander verschmelzen und ihren eigenen wohltuenden, sehr schön vom Bass grundierten Sound erreichen, lässt ihre Ausnahmetalent erkennen. Besser kann man das wohl nicht machen. Die Farbtupfer, die Fretwork bei einigen Stücken beisteuert, sind gleichwohl willkommen ... packend und überzeugend umgesetzt".