Browse: Scherzi Musicali (early music ensemble)

These ravishing, often ornately decorated solos, duets and trios on the subject of love reveal an intense engagement with text and sentiment that at times attains Monteverdian levels. Achten’s... — Sunday Times, 25th February 2018 More…

His music is well written and often sensitive to the painting of the text. He is also a master of easy counterpoint, wherein the lines fit together like a puzzle and yet do not avoid coloratura.... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…

The seamless narrative is organised into six subsections that follow the plot of the myth, connected together by instrumental pieces such as warmly played sinfonias by Rossi and music by Cavalieri...this... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

As usual Scarlatti’s music flits between Handelian spaciousness and the more compact and direct expression of the late 17th century. Yet consistent to it is a strong lyrical gift and a song-writer’s... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2019 More…

Haute-contre Reinoud Van Mechelen's top register is impressively sweet in Adones first monologue...and the incantation scene between the desperate sorceress and unhelpful Pluto in Act 4 is compelling... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 More…