Download, Marcello, B (composer)

Kožená’s dramatic and vocal powers are wonderfully displayed in Gasparini’s kaleidoscope aria ‘Ombre, cure, sospetti’ (with its unrestrained runs and the bursts of emotion in its recitative-like... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The performance by Gaetano Nasillo is nicely done, with a well-rounded tone and considerable depth to his interpretations. He navigates the various difficulties, including the double-stops,... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

Infermi d’Amore capture the drama of these theatrical scores with a remarkable range of dynamics, timbres and rhetorical gestures. With an ensemble of only ten players, their sound is transparent... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Taylor brings youthful vitality and flair to these performances, responding to Bach’s ever-changing idiom with quicksilver playing...Admirable, too, are the colours and quasi-orchestral timbres... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Her playing is breathtaking, first in the bubbling fluency of Vivaldi violin concerto allegros...while her fluent technique elicits some exhilarating tempos. No less arresting is her creamy... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The sheer joy of hearing Italian singers in this repertoire where so much rests on the text, especially since these are singers whose accuracy of pitch and sureness of focus means that they... — Early Music Review More…

Scholl's polished counter-tenor is suitably seductive, his interpretative instincts engaging...The playing of the Italian ensemble Accademia Bizantina, led from the harpsichord by Ottavio Dantone,... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 More…

Throughout the disc the continuo battery of Ensemble Claudiana provides colourful support...But the disc belongs to Invernizzi and Prina, who aptly cap a feast of glorious Handelian virtuosity. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

Jaroussky’s eternally boyish countertenor might not seem the most obvious vehicle for the Old Testament God’s furious lambasting of Moses in the virtuoso aria from Fortunato Chelleri’s Dio sul... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, November 2020 More…