“With great care, sensitivity, and musical judgement, the ensemble arranges and transposes the music so that it matches their vocal resources. An attractive humility and fervent earnestness comes through in the performances. Word painting is effectively interpreted and the performance and repertoire decisions are convincing..”

C. Moore

“ Grandi’s music is of excellent quality and shows the features of so much of the sacred music of the time. Musica Secreta is a very fine ensemble, and the five singers on this disc - Deborah Roberts, Tessa Bonner, Katharine Hawnt (soprano), Catherine King (mezzo) and Caroline Trevor (contralto) - have very nice voices which blend excellently. The booklet contains informative programme notes and all the lyrics with an English translation.”

Johan van Veen
 

“The performances here would surely have delighted [the original dedicatee]. Overall this is beautifully refined music-making – sonorous, soulful and sincere.”

Simon Heighes

“[The transposition for female voices] works very well. The ladies of Musica Secreta sound beautiful. Grandi;s melodies fall eaily on the ear. An enterprising disc well worth hearing”

Richard Lawrence

“...the singing is never less than vivacious and artful. “-

Anna Picard

“Grandi…perhaps second in importance only to Monteverdi. Performances are decently polished and delineated”

Andrew Clements

"Grandi’s fine melodic gift is in evidence throughout, as is his imaginatively responsive word-setting. [Musica Secreta’s] deliciously mellifluous sound brings and extra level of exquisite intensity...really delightful. A very great treat.”

Elizabeth Roche