Fagioli is best in bravura displays…His voice is also capable of touching tenderness…The orchestral playing is supportive, and sometimes delicately and effectively alert.

Il Pomo d’Oro’s crisp playing, directed by violinist Zefira Valova, is a vivacious foil to Fagioli’s powerful coloratura...More complete Vinci opera recordings of this high calibre are needed.

To arias with a tessitura that suits his voice Fagioli brings masterly command. Gracious melodic lines are consistently shaped with sensitive perception and insight, his command of melisma and ornamentation always pleasing and well deployed…Il Pomo d’Oro provides its customary alert response…Fagioli’s legion of fans will need no second bidding, but anyone yet to discover this marvellous composer really should also hear this.

What a treat it is to have an entire album dedicated to this inventive, prolific Neapolitan. The album’s unusually light on bravura for a Fagioli project, showcasing instead Vinci’s gift for long-lined melody and pastoral word-painting, with Medo’s Sento due fiamme a particular highlight, and some ravishing obbligatos from Il Pomo d’Oro’s winds.