“There was also a jazzy quality to the ensemble’s playing as a whole, with seemingly intuitive interplay between the members. The two cellists and the bassist often took on the role of a rhythm section, playing with percussive, resonant bow strokes.”

“Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl’s voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell… Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina, who dance and swagger, throb and pulsate with true Latin passion. Their continuto realisations — here delicate and intimate, there audaciously jazzy — are an unceasing delight.”

“…And it is once again a great pleasure to hear Accademia Bizantina with Ottavio Dantone playing with a precision and awareness that has nothing to fear by comparisons with foreign ensembles. Just listen to the freshness of their sound, the aplomb of the most evident entries, and the imagination they show in the art of diminution in the ritornelli…”