Marini, B

The performances are excellent, even given the variety of the program. They make for an hour and 15 minutes of immersion into the Venetian spirit. The vocalists are spot on pitch, and the instruments... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

She soars the heights and plumbs the depths with fitting ardour...it is hard not to be swept away by such intensity felt and highly dramatic readings...[Pitzl] and his crack instrumental ensemble... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With extrovert support from Il Pomo d’Oro and harpsichordist-director Francesco Corti, each song becomes a vocal and dramatic showcase, emphasising abrupt switches between extreme psychologist... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A crisp and vivid evocation of the milieu of Venice, 1629. That was the year Heinrich Schütz went to Venice and encountered the music of Monteverdi and his acolytes. The playing is faultlessly... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is lovely music from a popular part of the baroque repertoire, and it receives sympathetically intimate playing from a group who achieve involving results by keeping their vocal and amorous... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2017 More…