‘The boldness in this performance was wholly justified by the extraordinary beauty and interest of the score in Raymond Leppard’s realization. Mr Leppard makes wonderfully imaginative use of harp, flue organ and the lute and chitarrone that lend a distinctive, buoyant yet pensive character to the orchestral palette.’
Daily Telegraph (Martin Cooper)
‘Throughout, Mr Leppard, without resorting to the inapt orchestrations which bedevil most earlier Monteverdi performing - editions, has enhanced the words, and the song, with beautiful, eloquent sounds.’
Financial Times (Andrew Porter)