Choral, Madrigals & Partsongs, India (composer)

Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It seems to me that they have taken time to properly hit their stride, but here they rediscover the heights scaled with Claudio Cavina at the helm. These are near-flawless readings, effortlessly... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

She soars the heights and plumbs the depths with fitting ardour...it is hard not to be swept away by such intensity felt and highly dramatic readings...[Pitzl] and his crack instrumental ensemble... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Mameli] provides an object lesson in how vocal precision need not inhibit passionate commitment. Her clarity and response to the texts is exceptional: the first phrase of Caccini’s Dolcissimo... — The Observer, 26th November 2017, 4 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…

The northern and southern Italian madrigal traditions meet in the person of Sigismondo d'India. The date of publication of this, his FirstBook of Madrigals (1606) reveals him to be one of the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…