Performance ***** Recording *****
the blend between the voices and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornets is gorgeous.
Barry Witherden - BBC Music magazine - March 2012
"The choral sound is extraordinarily coherentclearly Cave and Magnificat are the team for this repertory.
Gatens - Fanfare - March/April 2012
" this is a luminous performance " *****
SA-CD.net - 20 February 2012
a fine recital.
Fabrice Fitch - Gramophone magazine - February 2012
This is a superb, vibrant disc of some first-rate music, the third in Magnificat’s series of Philippe Rogier, and the third to demonstratte just what an outstandingly gifted composer he was The singers of Magnificat have a rich, creamy sound, well blended but each voice part’s individuality also fully audible in recording these two works, Magnificat has contributed hugely once more to the re-establishment of Rogier as a major figure and one can only hope for more. The SACD sound is absolutely superb.
Ivan Moody - International Record Review - February 2012
"Philip Cave’s vocal group, Magnificat, continue their survey of the music of the short-lived Flemish composer Philippe Rogier with a fine account of two Masses. The Missae Philippus Secundus Rex Hispaniae is performed here with a regal accompaniment of cornets and sackbuts, but the more impressive work is the Missa Inclita Stirps Jesse, a parody of a motet by Jacob Clemens non Papa. Here, Rogier’s closely canonic polyphony is infused with a real sensuality, heard at its ripest in the Agnus Dei. The sound these singers make is exquisite, Cave allowing inner voices to make their point whenever they have a point to be made.
Stephen Pettitt - The Sunday Times - 20 November 2011
The sound of St. George’s Chesterton, Cambridge, is beautifully set down on this finely wrought audiophile disc, and it, as well as the whole series, is warmly encouraged on all" ****
Steven Ritter - AudiophileAudition.com - 31 December 2011
"The excellence of the performances and recording is matched by the booklet of notes, texts and translations
Brian Wilson - MusicWeb-International.com - 18 November 2011