‘Yet another top quality Hyperion disc. Recommended with the utmost enthusiasm’ (CDReview)

‘A feast of early Handel and glorious singing. A musical delight from beginning to end. Unreservedly recommended’ (The Sunday Times)

‘lmpeccably sung’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music’ (BBC Record Review)

‘The whole production is excellent and I cannot recommend this new disc more highly’ (Organists' Review)

‘This recording gets to the very heart of Handel in a most human and convincing way. All the soloists are excellent, needless to say’ (CDReview)

'lnterpretación perfecta' (El Correo Español)

‘A first rate work … this is easily one of the best of the year and perhaps the best Handel recording of 1999’ (Goldberg)

‘This pure Baroque beauty is a dramatic piece rich in short, tuneful airs, each more beautiful than the last. Few Handel vocal works give me such enduring pleasure’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘Robert King's affection for the work shines out from every number’ (Classic CD)

‘Unfailingly excellent’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘This delightful set … must surely rank as one of the discs of the year’ (The Scotsman)