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MusicWeb international
2021 March
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Gary Higginson
2021 March
Recommended: The disc is noteworthy because of Peter Philips's obvious excitement at directing a Spanish choir in this music ... Philips conducts the entire disc except the five Canciones y villanescas espirtuales. Those are, I suppose, sacred madrigals, or more correctly secular music tailored to sacred texts; the choir's director Marco Antonio García de Paz takes over with superb stylistic understanding ... Peter Philips in his notes writes: 'An album of Guerrero, sung by Spaniards, which not only shows off his best sacred music, but also puts some of his secular writing in the frame, has long been overdue.' That alone is a reason to acquire this disc. Moreover, the choir's sound is perfectly fine, the intonation is reliable, the balance good, without any annoying vibrato. You get a strong passion and commitment to the music".
BBC music magazine
2021 April
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Kate Bolton-Porciatti
2021 April
"This anthology of works ranges from the sublime to the penitential ... The 38-strong Spanish choir produces a sound that is rich yet at the same time remarkably intimate and crystalline ... Choral textures are lucid and diction is generally clear ... Throughout, the readings are restrained and introspective, and if at times one might have wished for a more expressive palette of colours, there is nonetheless a moving sincerity to these accounts".
The gramophone
2021 April
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Edward Breen
2021 April
"Opening with Magnificat quarti toni, their radiant sound is carried by a convincing momentum. With nearly 40 singers, the phrases are confident and broad but never strident ... The result is a delightfully rich sonic bath that departs significantly from many British ensembles' approach".