Browse: Choral, Masses, Cavalli (composer)

The performances are excellent, even given the variety of the program. They make for an hour and 15 minutes of immersion into the Venetian spirit. The vocalists are spot on pitch, and the instruments... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

Daucé gives expressive shape to the music’s ebb and flow; tempos are beautifully judged, responding to the texts and their sacred context. The ensemble’s luminous vocal sound and instrumental... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here and there are reminders that Cavalli was above all a composer of opera, And there’s the rub…Some operatic extravagance would be welcome here, the male alto soloists being particularly reticent…The... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

Christophers tells us that the basic approach here is to allow the performers to ‘speak through singing’, and to treat the changes of time and metre ‘intuitively’ rather than with scholarly over-caution.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ensemble Les Surprises comprises eight performers, including the artistic director, who plays organ and harpsichord as needed. The brass players, critical participants in these works, crown themselves... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…