at their best these are distinctive and (dare one say it of such a composer) affectionate performances: the habit of lingering over dissonances deliver some impressive moments, where the homogeneity becomes a real asset...A couple of light-hearted canzonets provide light relief at the close. Let's hope that this series continues its upward trajectory.

the third book moves into much more dangerous emotional territory, in which the level of dissonance is much higher, and the setting of the texts is pushed to expressive extremes. The six singers of Delitiae Musicae clearly relish those musical risks, occasionally perhaps just a little too much...As usual, Marco Longhini's sleeve notes are exemplary.