"It would be hard to imagine a weightier, more symphonic account, beauty of sound almost an end in itself ... While the glorious swell of sound is undeniably seductive, it's also cloying ... Padmore's Evangelist is never one to short-change the narrative, and Peter Harvey's Christus emphasises a dignified humanity ... The performance features an uncommonly generous if uneven field of soloists, crowned by the majestic, silky mezzo of Ingeborg Danz, and soprano Maria Espada".