Purcell - If Music be the Food of Love, Z. 379C

Pierce’s voice is delicious: clear, strong, supple, with sparkling top notes and a warm, textured middle and low register. She’s mistress of her words, bending vowels and clipping consonants... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Two irresistible discs—typically painstakingly produced and documented—and would deserve four stars if only they were there to give — The Times More…

This third and last volume of Purcell's non- theatrical secular songs consummates a most rewarding survey of 87 songs with more of the same: a vocal palette of six singers who are by now so... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Barna-Sabadus's strikingly high countertenor displays alluring tone rather than clear diction. He's stylishly accompanied — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Paul Agnew's long experience in the realm of French Baroque music makes him particularly sensitive to le goût français, his voice supple enough to realise with exquisite grace the intricate,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The singers steer a convincing stylistic course, balancing the sometimes contradictory demands of the source material and the arrangement…Middleton’s playing is precisely coloured and characterised — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…