"Baroque before: This selection of Monteverdi madrigals from the first six books ... brings an interesting selection of the familiar and the unfamiliar ... It's not that La Compagnia can't do tragic, as their recording of Il pianto della Madonna, on their earlier recording, and the Lamento d'Amante, the long piece which closes the new recording, amply prove. The Lamento receives an emotional, but not over-egged, performance on the new Glossa".