this performance under Laurence Cummings is artfully prepared and brilliantly detailed...Cummings's orchestra is alert and assured, witha well-fed bass-line and elegant violins...Fons delivers a stunning 'Si tornero a morir' and leads an almost ideal cast of young singers.

all of the singers are of such a high standard and so pleasing in their renditions, that all must be praised evenly…Definitely one for the collection, and I don’t think it will age either – the musicianship will stand the test of time and fashion.

Cummings and his expert Gottingen Festival Orchestra produce a fine account of this undervalued opera, with varied orchestral subtleties and a sure mastery of Handelian style...The title-hero is sung masterfully Emily Fons...Anna Devin has steel and style in equal measure.

Where have they been hiding Fons? She has a focused, dark-hued voice with the suppleness to transcend the coloratura of such arias as ‘Sebben me lusinga’ … Cummings and his orchestra do full justice to the music.

all [the singers] are technically more than adequate to the demands of the music and some are splendid. The palm, however, must go to the trio of female singers in the lead roles of Faramondo, Clotilde and Rosimonda. All have warm, flexible agile voices and generate considerable excitement and dramatic tension in their arias...Cummings’ conducting is first class, with plenty of rhythmic spring and inner vitality.

Mezzo-soprano Emily Fons delivers…with thrilling bravura here, and Cummings’ principals sing well.