Performer: Frederick Long

Well defined performances of Monteverdi madrigals are sung with I Fagiolini’s customary ease and involvement. 

Dinis Sousa conducts the combined forces of the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.

It’s a risky business to describe comic nuance or timing, so please take my word that these qualities were as pitch-perfect as the vocal prowess on display.