"Reuss coaxes sable timbres from his 16-voice ensemble, wrapping the listener in a dark shroud - apt for these musical reflections on the transience of things. The singers' vocal production is tightly focused: intonation and articulation are clean, and the ensemble's sound is balance and homogenous, with sonorous lower voices enhancing the mournful quality of the music ... Reuss keeps a tight rein on expressive devices and dynamics, resulting in performances that are deeply reflective and somewhat circumspect"

"Cappella Amsterdam deliver what Philippe Herreweghe's ensemble somehow failed to a decade ago. Ensemble cohesion is greater (surprisingly, given Herreweghe's usual fastidiousness) but details are more persuasively shaped ... Rather than draw attention to himself, Daniel Reuss directs with a certain reserve; that these performances do not sound conducted is meant as a compliment"