"Thanks for all your help, the club were most impressed with the singing at the Carol service and are looking forward to your next performance."
The Farringdon Ward Club

"Thank you very much to all the members of "Carolus Rex" the singing was magnificent!"
St John's Greenhill, Harrow

"Everyone was thrilled by the music last Friday. You always sing with such feeling and perfection and it is indeed a great joy for all."
St Martins' Ludgate

"You were great:.. left us all wanting more!"
Foreign Press Association

"Thank you for all of your hard work"
Dr Emre Araci, Turkish Embassy

"It was a delightful concert, full of variety and interest"
Gillian, Reminiscence Centre

"You've added something very special to what looks like being one of the most amazing Christmases of my long life!"
Frank Tew

extracts from Review in the Harrow Observer, Thursday, April 3rd 2008

Superb. One word which, as I see it, accurately describes the concert given by Carolus Rex on March 13, 2008, at St. John's Church, Greenhill.

Carolus Rex started the first half of the concert with a goosepimple-inducing performance of "Weep, O mine eyes" by John Bennet (c. 1575-1614), and continued with works by Tchaikovsky, Rubbra, Gasparini and Mozart.

Their singing was impeccable, most of it done a cappella. Their tuning was incredibly accurate, and the quality of each of their voices, both on their own and in harmony with each other, left us all mesmerised as we listened to them.

Sophia Vaughan displayed a wonderfully sensitive voice in her Rubbra solo, while Edwin Pitt Mansfield's fine Mozart Kantate solo was accompanied at the piano by the group's excellent tenor, Robert Smith, who displayed great versatility in so doing.

The final solo of the recital belonged to Robert Smith, who, in addition to some superb singing, and his piano accompaniment performance mentioned earlier, now sat down at the organ to play the Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 by J.S. Bach. His was a performance marked by great clarity in the notes and marvellous musicality, expertly handling the different sounds and nuances the organ at his disposition had to offer. I was left particularly impressed by this performer's incredible versatility ... in one concert, he performed as a tenor, a pianist and an organist - well done indeed.

Carolus Rex have been a revelation in both their recent performances here in Harrow ... I wish them every success, particularly so with their just-recorded new album of choral music, which will be available to buy from the month of May onwards.

Vlad Bourceanu