Alia Vox

The strings have a particularly inviting elastic, ‘gutty’ sound, free of the sparkle and sharp attack of metal-strung instruments. The mellow-toned period woodwind are particularly beautiful,... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…

it still has the ability to make one sit up and take note, whether it be the brilliance of the woodwind tone, the shimmering tremolo strings with cutting cross-accents driving the music forward... — Early Music Review, 1st April 2016 More…

From the age of 25 Boccherini lived in Spain… and Spanish elements lend distinctive colours to his music. Bubbling high spirits from composer and performers alike produce a most entertaining... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s an intriguing collection; I really like these performances … very nice recording. — CD Review, 8th August 2015 More…

As we expect of this team, Musica Notturna is sumptuously packaged, diligently researched and superlatively-well performed. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

there's an other-worldly, timeless quality to the voice that seems to encapsulate that strange, semi-conscious place before deep sleep where anything is possible in the imagination...In fact... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 1st April 2003 More…