Ottavio Dantone

An often feisty recital of operatically-influenced 17th and 18th century sacred music intercut with instrumental items by Dantone’s firebrand ensemble. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In the arias from Vivaldi’s opera Galou is at her most flexible and assured. In ‘Si, si, bel volto’ she handles the thoughtful silences and reflections of the lover with consummate skill, and... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

[Galou] Her ability to caress a vocal line, and to give it presence and body, even when she is singing softly, comes to the fore as early as in the central aria (“Sileant zephyr”) from Filiæ... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

this is a wonderful recital, carefully chosen and assembled, and beautifully played...there are movements highlighting the group’s fine oboists, bassoonists, violinists, trumpeters and, slightly... — Sunday Times, 27th November 2011 More…

'In furore is the ideal score for any soprano who's spoiling for a fight – with herself!' So says Sandrine Piau in the booklet, and she could have added that it also makes a superb opener for... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Scholl's voice rushes through the bloodstream — The Times More…

the four soloists form a well-balanced quartet, with tenor Michael Spyres eager and dynamic, Alexander Vinogradov's bass grand and characteristically Russian in quality, and soprano Julia Lezhneva... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Scholl clearly relishes the young Handel's unbridled exuberance: he coaxes, seduces, laments and rages: here negotiating Handel's virtuosic writing with brazen panache, elsewhere singing with... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…