Glossa

This recording is one of the best in La Venxiana's Monteverdi series - musically sustained with a convincing sense of ensemble and pace, and crisply recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This vivid act of reclamation has so much to teach, and to enjoy. It shows that Stokowski's arrangements were made not only with love but acuity; that their flair and poetry may survive beyond... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 More…

.. The beautifully balanced, positively projected 11 voices of Graindelavoix lavish on the Franco-Flemish Champion’s Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena — an ingenious and rich-textured commentary... — Sunday Times, 28th June 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Their playing is unfussy, and expressive without the blight of self-indulgent rubato. The overall sound is well balanced, their ensemble spot on, and their lightness of touch for non-obtrusive... — Early Music Review, September 2015 More…

The vocal quartet's tone is gentle and not overly assertive… at its best the results are very satisfying. Isaac's setting of the popular Alma redemptoris chant is glowingly done, and incidentally... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2009 More…

Wind ensembles of this sort were common in Spanish collegiate churches and the combination makes for quite a taut yet nicely varied sound that supports the longer spans of the Mass effectively...these... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 More…

The effect is strangely touching...Throughout, Roberta Mameli and saxophonist Emanuele Cisi are superb. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 More…