Browse: Monteverdi - Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben (Book 7)

The star item in the opera selections is the aria 'Possente spirto'...[Charles Daniels] is vocally clear and magically acrobatic in the melodic cascades...Connolly's rendering of Poppea's farewell... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout the disc the continuo battery of Ensemble Claudiana provides colourful support...But the disc belongs to Invernizzi and Prina, who aptly cap a feast of glorious Handelian virtuosity. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

…the third in a series of Monteverdi madrigal anthologies…shows terrific musical discernment. The experience and flair of I Fagiolini is clearly demonstrated across these styles and textures.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This live anthology is a clever way of offering a 'sampler' of La Venexiana's survey of Monteverdi's madrigals without resorting to the mere duplication of their existing catalogue. It gives... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

These are not easy pieces, but the opening ballet swings along with panache, and there is some excellent tenor solo singing in the first section. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Most of the madrigals on this CD come from the Seventh Book of 1619, very much a watershed in Monteverdi’s output. In many instances they are for virtuoso singers and make a break with the past... — Penguin Guide, 3 out of 4 stars More…