Monteverdi - Donna, nel mio ritorno (Book 2), SV 47

This live anthology is a clever way of offering a 'sampler' of La Venexiana's survey of Monteverdi's madrigals without resorting to the mere duplication of their existing catalogue. It gives... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

These exquisite works are beautifully rendered by the Italian ensemble Delitiae Musicae, led by Marco Longhini to rare heights of early Baroque eloquence. — The Observer More…

La Venexiana's cast for Book 2 is virtually identical to Concerto Italiano's a decade earlier.
Here La Venexiana has the edge. Concerto Italiano zipped through the whole book in just under an... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…