Pan Classics
Lusitano: Liber Primus Epigramatum (Pan Classics)
A winning combination of historical interest and high quality of music and performance [JV]
Mandora: The Lute of the Monasteries (Pan Classics)
An interesting survey of music for a little-known instrument [JV]
Sweelinck: The Orpheus of Amsterdam (Pan Classics)
These excellent performances offer a different perspective on Sweelinck’s vocal and keyboard works [JV]
Cazzati: Motets & Sonatas (Pan Classics)
A very good case for a composer who fortunately is on his way to being restored to his rightful place in music history [JV]
Santa Maria: Missa O beata Maria (Pan Classics)
An excellent performance of a mass by an unknown master from Portugal [JV]
Cavalieri: Lamentations (Pan Classics)
Incisive performances of stylistically groundbreaking and expressive works [JV]
Caldara: Arias for Bass (Pan Classics)
It is good to have almost a dozen never before recorded arias from Caldara in excellent readings [GF]
Ostinato (Pan Classics)
A beautifully burnished sound, but the dominance of slow tempos is a negative [DJB]
Nebra & Corselli: Cantatas (Pan Classics)
Another step toward full appreciation of Spanish music of the 18th century [JV]