Glossa

The voices of La Compagnia del Madrigale bring dramatic fervour and expressive subtlety to bear upon Monteverdi’s deep psychological insight. The five and six-part vocal textures are transparent... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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…

Biondi coaxes some ravishingly sumptuous colours to offset the invigorating brilliance of his 1767 Gagliano – the recorded sound at once supportive and graciously sympathetic. He is a man for... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It almost goes without saying that a Hervé Niquet recording of Charpentier is going to be a thing of beauty. Whether it's in the long build-up to the top of the grand arch that's the opening... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Vashegyi’s Hungarian forces have an enviable reputation for their Rameau recordings, and Jephté, recorded during a 2019 run of concert performances, merits similar praise. There’s real relish... — Opera, September 2020 More…

[Sollima] is a consummate performer-acrobat, whose fiery physicality no dizzying speed nor vaulting elaboration can challenge…if the G major is a gem of Corellian civility, flecked with Sollima’s... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 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…