The performance by the Orfeo Orchestra is solid, and quite beautifully done. Conductor Vashegyi has a good feel for the ever-changing textures, harmonies, and moods that characterize French opera of the period. Soprano Santon has a light, perhaps even transparent voice, where the clarity is paramount in this style of singing. In her higher registers she can seem a bit shrill at times, but she is in tune and she phrases things well.

One of the pleasures of the disc lies in noting the artful inclusion of orchestral numbers...Indeed, great care has evidently been taken over the order in which the items appear...the Orfeo Orchestra – and the Purcell Choir, too – perform beautifully under Vashegyi...Santon Jeffery – now without the hyphen – skilfully conveys a wide range of emotions.

It is a voice that for me invariably induces mixed reactions, appealing in its intrinsic quality, sensitive in more gracious music, but apt to become unsteady under pressure in bravura pieces..This is an intriguing issue that all devotees of French Baroque opera will want to explore