Reviews

'There is so much life force and joie de vivre in this music ... It's not child's play to get all those dance rhythms out of the valves of a horn, but then Willis is a phenomenal musician ...'

'Carmignola asserts his own special interpretative proclivities: the magical musical intakes of breath during and at the ends of phrases, the endlessly flexible handling of dynamics, and a temporal elasticity that refuses to settle into any form of generic patterning.'

'... in turn brilliant and playful, poetic and expressive.'

'This follow-up disc is every bit as exuberant as the first ... performed with terrific flair throughout.'

'The performances are extremely fine, often intense, at times strikingly weighty ... an engaging album and a fine debut.'

'Once again, one can only praise the finesse and accuracy of the interpretation, the nuances, the clear and sharp dynamics ... it's exhilarating.'

'Her clear mezzo-soprano voice, with its tonal purity, tightly controlled vibrato and fluent virtuosity serve Vivaldi’s motets Invicti Bellate and Nisi Dominus very well.'

'The repertoire is ultimately bound together by Marthan's own incisive, focused and dynamic performances ... more than a drop of Basque boldness and brilliance from Marthan.'

'As we have come to expect from the Marian Consort singers, their performances are well tuned, with an assured grasp of style throughout and with the sense of direction compellingly sustained.'