Glossa

This is repertory...that for the most part suits his dark, handsome-sounding alto uncommonly well. Long, slowly unfolding lines are sustained with consummate ease and his coloratura has admirable... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…

The performance here is one of smouldering sensuality. The verve of the director's gestures generates huge excitement, while the sharp contrast of colours between each singer's voice - the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Galli has a stylish approach, agile in fast movements, ornaments decorating rather than distorting Handel's lines. She is though, so bound up in the anguish of unrequited love, the common thread,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 3 out of 5 stars More…

For this historically important disc, Michael Noone has uncovered a large number of pieces written by Morales during his two years at Toledo Cathedral from 1554. The heavenly acoustic of St... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Vashegyi gets wonderful singing and playing from his Hungarian forces…The earthquake is vivid in the extreme, and so is the tempest…The singers, some of whom have appeared with Vashegyi before,... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

One of the most charismatic performers in Baroque music today, Pandolfo shows the full range of his sublime musicality in this tour of the solo viol repertoire, from the late Renaissance to... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2007 More…

This collection of Nativity cantatas suggests a richly colourful, dramatically inclined musical personality...Antonio Florio directs the period instruments of I Turchini pliantly. This is a... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the singers infuse their accounts with the true spirit of chamber music and, as native Italian speakers, are highly responsive to the drama and nuances of the texts...offering ardent and expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…