Browse: Hi Res Download, Arcadelt (composer)

Settings of Joachim Du Bellay’s poetry, interspersed with recitations by the ‘slam’ poet Kwal and accompanied by instrumental improvisations, make for an atmospheric and immersive experience. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022 More…

A close recording occasionally leaves some members of Cappella Mediterranea uncomfortably exposed in the madrigals which are not always ideally characterised, but hats off to Doulce Mémoire who... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The ensemble continues to do what it does best but retains a freshness and questing spirit that sometimes eludes groups of comparable vintage, a sense of joyous music-making that marked them... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2015 More…

O’Dette captures this music’s improvisatory quality with effortless finger work and fluent ornamentation. Above all, he reveals the underlying rhetoric of this vocally inspired music… the lucid... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013 More…

The big surprise here is the impressive quality of the Christmas piece Haec Dies by the otherwise unknown Joahannes Sarton and which attracts a commendably persuasive and alert interpretation... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Among the highlights are character pieces by Christina’s ‘Prince of Music’, Bernardo Pasquini…Throughout, Galassi combines precision and flair with astute musicological insights, and the regal... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…