Glossa

Enrico Gatti's restrained approach emphasises clarity and musicianly grace, in which he is well partnered by his colleagues in the Aurora Ensemble. They produce performances that give pleasure... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…

Bruggen…achieves a stunning pianissimo at the opening, with strings appearing almost out of nowhere from the wind chords. — Early Music Review, April 2015 More…

Brüggen bases this performance on the 1724 original version - retaining noticeably brisk tempos for the concluding chorus and chorale as though already party to the message of Easter...Beyond... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It was once believed that the Venetian-born Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni was Handel's principal patron during the composer's exciting youthful years in Rome. Scholars now shy away from that verdict... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The smaller than usual choir for this work and the orchestra’s period instruments, together with a general observance of the metronome markings from the first performance in 1868, lend this... — Choir & Organ, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In the large choral items such as Nisi Dominus we are met with a magisterial and uplifting wall of sound, amply supported by a jamboree of instruments from the group La Pifarescha. The solo... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Combining secular and sacred, instrumental and vocal works – sung one-to-a-part – there’s a pleasing simplicity to these performances. A fine introduction to the composer in his anniversary... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…