Santiago a cappella (works by Victoria, Guerrero, Lobo, Cardoso & Rogier)

"As described in the liner notes, "this is an anthology of Golden Age 'classics'...in turn moving, intimate, spectacular, and awe inspiring"--and that comment gets no argument from me. Here Gardiner goes back to what he and his exceptional choir do best, captured in a very favorable acoustic (a London church) by a first-rate sound engineer (Mike Hatch). This is one of those discs you'll never tire of hearing." (10/10 ClassicsToday Jan 2011)

Music featured on the album includes the work of composers from the 16th & 17th centuries including Victoria, Guerrero, Lobo, Cardoso & Rogier.

The cockle shell that is featured on the artwork, is the symbol for the pilgrimage.

'I'm somebody who feels there's always got to be more than a two-dimensional package to music of the past. It's always got to come alive and fulfil its full potential as an experience for both performer and listener. It needs to be set in a historical, or at least a vivid, context that finds a resonance in the way that people look at buildings and what their spiritual life is.'

Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Gramophone July 2004)