Vespro della beata Vergine [vespers for the Virgin]

"The string playing is zestful, while Concerto Palatino's sackbutts and cornett add lustre. Sadly, the singing is often thin and unsupported, sounding more authentic to the early days of the early music movement than baroque devotional music." The Independent, 1st March 2009

"The recording, made in a church in Mandelsloh near Hanover, is on the reverberant side and doesn't quite convey how this music might sound in a vast space, but the singing and playing are ravishing. The Carissimi antiphons are breathtaking, and the period brass ensemble Concerto Palatino do wonders with the Frescobaldi." The Guardian, 13th March 2009 ****