"Arias by Porpora, Hasse and Broschi, Farinelli's brother, reveal a singer with a phenomenal technique rather than simply a performance ego - breath control, immaculate legatom a gift for elegant ornament and an appetite for racing tempos. Cecilia Bartoli ... darts from note to note with admirable precision in Porpora's 'Nell'attendere il mio bene', with octave leaps and drops into the chest register. If Farinelli delighted in adagio arias, adding his own discreet decoration, Bartoli follows suit and her reading of Porpora's 'Alto Giove' is ravishing with the strings of Il Giardino Armonico providing a sumptuous accompaniment".