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This is vocal writing that thrives on extremes: complex, emphatic, dissonant and brilliantly embellished...Invernizzi is a fearless singer. Some notes are stripped violently dry and thin, others... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

“Villazón's singing offers a combination of intelligence and glamour not seen since the ascendancy of Domingo — The New Yorker More…

[Dordolo’s] firm clear diction and sensitive rhetorical control, which at times moves into a kind of speech-song, extracts every last ounce of carefully calculated drama from Monteverdi’s narrow... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

Spanning nearly half a century of musical 'jests', Concerto Soave is fresh, light and sparkling as a glass of Prosecco. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto almost self-combusts with pure joy. Irresistable. — BBC Music Magazine, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Emanuela Galli… brings panache and rhythmic flexibility to 'Quel sguardo', and plaintiveness to 'Si dolc'è il tormento' - helped by the jazzy languidity of Doron Sherwin's cornett playing.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Monteverdi’s reputation received a boost with the arrival in 1980 of the first of four refreshingly raw recordings by Les Arts Florissants under William Christie of madrigals, dramatic ballets... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…