Roberta Invernizzi is thoroughly at home with the expressive nuances and stylistic vocabulary of the late Baroque…

Although titled 'Le cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili', only two of the four works on this disc were composed for Pamphili. But let's not be too pedantic: it launches La Risonanza's ambitious project to record all of Handel's Italian cantatas that feature a band of instruments.
Fabio Bonizzoni's lightly articulated yet rapid whirl through the opening of Tra le fiamme is utterly unlike any of the existing pastoral-tinged performances but it perfectly conveys the imagery of a moth fatally attracted to the flame.
Roberta Invernizzi is an impassioned (and, of course, resolutely Italianate) interpreter who brings the dramatic sentiments of the poetry fully to life, while also delivering inch-perfect coloratura and stylish phrasing. Her blend of spectacular singing and emotional substance in 'Un pensiero voli in ciel' (Delirio amoroso) is possibly the most satisfying interpretation on disc.
The programme's coherence, Invernizzi's authoritative singing and La Risonanza's theatrically coloured playing have raised the performance standard for Handel's Italian cantatas.
Bonizzoni's refreshing direction is entirely devoid of the coolly dispatched detachment or mannered feyness often found in this repertoire.
This lovingly prepared series promises to be of the utmost importance to Handel lovers.

Roberta Invernizzi is an impassioned… interpreter who brings the dramatic sentiments of the poetry fully to life, while also delivering inch-perfect coloratura and stylish phrasing. …the programme's coherence, Invernizzi's authoritative singing and La Risonanza's theatrically coloured playing have raised the performance standard for Handel's Italian cantatas. Bonizzoni's refreshing direction is entirely devoid of the coolly dispatched detachment or mannered feyness often found in this repertoire.

Invernizzi has a fresh, bright soprano that supplies constant delight