Evocative rhythms interlaced with soothing didgeridoo wash over your senses, enticing you into timeless dreaming, where past, present and future blend into a luminous space of harmonic perfection. Exotic cultures from around the globe offer deep sounds of the didgeridoo, didj horns, percussion, keyboards, strings and vocal incantation to initiate a mysterious journey.
 

On its spectacular debut recording, the exciting young British vocal group stile antico presents a program of English Renaissance music A who's-who of 16th-century British composers--including Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and John Sheppard--is represented here by hymns, antiphons, responsories, motets, and psalms: the occasion not only for music of intimacy, elegance, and reflection, but for flights of breathtaking harmonic daring.
Stile Antico is an ensemble of young British singers, fast gaining recognition as one of the most original and exciting new voices in its field. Drawing critical praise for its ‘wonderfully vivid singing’ and ‘perfectly focused and ideally balanced voices.’
Working without a conductor, the members of Stile Antico rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing artistically to the musical result. Their repertoire ranges from the glorious legacy of the English Tudor composers to the works of the Flemish and Spanish schools and the music of the early Baroque. They are passionate about the need to communicate with their audiences, combining thoughtful programming with direct, expressive performances.

Music for star gazers, planetariums and meditation. The Pleiades are a beautiful and brilliant cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. I have a large picture of them in my recording studio, and sometimes when I look at this picture, I am inspired to compose music, which is very different from anything I have ever composed or heard before. This album is a collection of these pieces.