Browse: Concerto Soave (early music ensemble)

Maria Cristina Kiehr's is one of the most beguiling voices to be heard today. …no artifice (whether compositional, stylistic, or vocal) gets in the way of her instrument. Every note dead centre,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 More…

Spanning nearly half a century of musical 'jests', Concerto Soave is fresh, light and sparkling as a glass of Prosecco. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto almost self-combusts with pure joy. Irresistable. — BBC Music Magazine, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Kiehr] has achieved in this recital an even greater sensitivity and subtlety of expression than ever before...It is not just the performances that merit an 'IRR Outstanding' rating for this... — International Record Review, March 2011 More…

Exquisite 16th- and 17th-century settings of Jeremian texts for Holy Week by various Rome-based composers, beautifully sung by soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the six-part vocal consort is virtuosic enough to adapt smoothly from the chill dissonances of Peccentem me quotidie to the hot, tumbling urgency of Ardita zanzaretta. — The Independent, 27th April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Maria Cristina Kiehr is clearly inspired by the musical invention here. Her voice is deceptive, at once cuttingly clean, yet subtly responsive to every emotional nuance. — George Pratt, BBC Music Magazine, March 2003 More…

Spanning nearly half a century of musical 'jests', Concerto Soave is fresh, light and sparkling as a glass of Prosecco. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto almost self-combusts with pure joy. Irresistable. — BBC Music Magazine, 4 out of 5 stars More…