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‘Vorrei baciarti, o Filli’ – a couple enfolded in delicious embrace – ‘shall I kiss first your lips, or your eyes?’

This new series offers a wide selection of his works, a capella, with continuo and strings.

Monteverdi: Flaming Heart' offers works from Book IV to VIII, a selection that demonstrates both the extraordinary compass of his art and the unprecedented depth and subtlety of response to a text. In recent years we have settled for a certain lack of danger in our search for an ‘ideal’
Monteverdi. I Fagiolini's ‘The Full Monteverdi’, revealed a new side to this music a Monteverdi of both beauty and horror, colourful, vivid, sometimes chaste, sometimes dirty, and always completely alive.

Chandos Chaconne
CHDVD 5029

The classic music theatre work of the Italian Renaissance, written the same year as the first opera and based on the characters of the commedia dell�arte � old men, cowards, scheming servants and self-obsessed lovers. The slapstick for the comic characters is perfectly balanced by the ravishing Gesualdo-esque writing for the lovers.

This DVD is the combination of a live performance and specially filmed episodes. It�s narrated by Simon Callow and available at the cost of just a full price CD. Additional notes are here

I Fagiolini turn a silk purse into one beaded in gold. These expert singers are also seasoned actors and yet it is the group dynamic which always wins the day with this unique vocal ensemble. A highly enjoyable production which celebrates, relevance and enjoyment to be found in a 400-year old musical.Gramophone

Chandos Chaconne
CHAN 0697

A comprehensive introduction to a crucial Italian madrigalist, whose compositions ranged from 5-6 voice artworks to large-scale political works in the grand Venetian style with brass. Additional notes are here

It's a great day for Andrea Gabrieli - frankly, no one ever suspected his secular stuff was anywhere near this good. This is one of the most enthralling madrigal anthologies on the Market. International Record Review

Chandos Chaconne
CHAN 0680

Tomkins's revalatory 1622 book of 3, 4, 5 and 6 part madrigals and motets which constitute one of the finest publications of music of its time.

Fort de la perfection d�intonation et de cette m�lancolie distingu�e, l�ensemble de Robert Hollingworth sait laisser tra�ner les dissonances comme l�onde qui suit le cygne � Diapason (France)

Chandos Chaconne
CHAN 0682

The most famous of English madrigal collections, compiled by Thomas Morley, apparently in honour of Queen Elizabeth (but read John Milsom�s note on this). Music by Weelkes, Wilbye, Morley etc.

The 10 solo voices of I Fagiolini bring out every facet of these sharply contrasted settings... this beautifully prepared recording�. a remarkable musical document� The Guardian

Chandos Chaconne
CHAN 0665

Two collections of late 16th century carnival masques by Giovanni Croce with lute trios by Pacoloni and other instrumental interludes. Additional notes are here

To listen to these pieces is a constant reminder of Venice�s squares, public buildings and private places. Gramophone

Erato Detour
0630-18837-2
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A collaboration with SDASA Chorale from Soweto, South Africa. Additional notes are here

Left seduced, enchanted and spiritually moved Daily News, South Africa

Chandos Chaconne
CHAN 0609

Middle period Byrd from a time of Catholic persecution in England With viol consort Concordia and Sophie Yates (virginals)

These moving pieces for an exiled people � the view the Elizabethan Roman Catholics took of themselves � make sense of Byrd in a way that collections by genre often fail to do. BBC Music Magazine

Metronome
MET CD 1013

Early 16th century secular - male voice with Concordia (viols): France, Germany, Italy.

Here at last is the sequel to "All the King's Men"� and the results are as appealing as before: spirited performances articulate both text and music in a clear and attractive manner.

Chandos Chaconne
CHAN 0578

Early works by Byrd for Voices, Viols and Virginals with Fretwork and Sophie Yates (virginals).

I Fagiolini, dont la sonorit� opulente et la diction pr�cise soul�vent des accents palpitants dans les motets, tandis que quelques-uns d�entre-eux donnent aux chansons pour solistes une verdeur et un ludisme sans affectation qui nous font d�couvrir le g�nie � la fois nature et sophistiqu� de Byrd.Diapason (France)

Metronome
MET CD 1012

Early 16th century secular - male voice with Concordia (viols): England, Spain, Netherlands.

...ranging from the bumpkin romp to more refined sentiments. The singers respond to gravity of tone with consummate ensemble, to comedy with well-timed improvisation, and to ribaldry with plenty of gusto...

Metronome MET CD 1004

16th, 17th and 20th century works, mostly a capella.

first rate actors, almost anarchic - a group with the versatility of Meredith Monk BBC Music Magazine

Cantoris
CRMC2365 (Cassette)

Early Tudor with the Forbury Consort.

Great Robert's Mum

Factory
FAC316
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Madrigals with strings and a capella (Books IV, VI, Concerto, Madrigali Guerrieri ed Amorosi).

Monteverdi with balls Daily Telegraph