Cappella Mediterranea - Sigismondo d’India: Lamenti & sospiri - New York Times

At the dawn of the 17th century, the composer Sigismondo d’India was a master of intimate chamber madrigals of luminous clarity, unexpected harmonies and startling evocations of emotional extremity. In “Io viddi in terra angelici costumi,” a setting of Petrarch, both the piece and the soprano Julie Roset’s performance on a new d’India compilation reach hypnotic heights.