‘Mealor’s contemplative melodicism is well championed by Con Anima… Mealor is one of the new generation of composers who have eschewed ugly, unresolved dissonance in favour of melody and listener-communication. The Stabat Mater is movingly serene and beautiful. His style shows a link with the past which is welcome, for Mealor undoubtedly has a voice of his own.’ Ivan March (Gramophone, January 2010)
‘Sublime! Stylistically evolved from Pärt and Gorecki it is a work of deep introspection with luminous tonality and a real directness and openness of expression… I wept tears of joy from beginning to end…’ Carter Joel Burrell (NYE, NEW YORK)
‘There is an harmonic distinction and radiant expression to the music of Paul Mealor. His writing is stylishly melodic with a fine sense of shape and form….This is new music with instant connection.’ Frank Carroll (Sunday Herald)
‘Several things struck me the first time I heard Mealor’s Stabat Mater. There was the marvellously wide expanse of the harmonies built over deep bass notes and a brooding sense of darkness reflected in the pianissimo opening of the work. Later on there was the nod in the direction of Carl Orff and the sudden change from darkness to ecstatic light when the opening melody returns in the finale of the work…’ Alan Cooper (Reviewing the CD Launch of Stabat Mater)