Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali, 1614 (6th Book of Madrigals)

“Alessandrini and his crew employ a tense, edgy rhetoric to reveal an inner psychology while sacrificing neither precision of ensemble nor beauty of sound. Concerto Italiano are now such a sensitive instrument that they respond to the emotional exigencies of the texts like silk to the breeze. Listen to the passionate terza parte of the Lamento d’Arianna; or the final line of Zefiro torna, where the drawn-out dissonances are almost physically painful… I could find a hundred such examples without ever conveying the many excellencies of this recording.” Gramophone

"The elite Italian ensemble La Venexiana bring words and music vividly to life." The Sunday Times

“The performances are compelling, simultaneously controlled and imaginative. This is very demanding music to take to a deep level of interpretation. Delitiae Musicae goes beyond a ‘fine rendering’ of Monteverdi's intentions…. Instances of excellence are too numerous to describe here” American Record Guide