"Anna Prohaska's artistry has developed significantly ... Now working with Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, Prohaska's focus is on two African queens, Dido and Cleopatra ... She' unstintingly expressive and imaginative ... She breaks metre or changes colour abruptly, and gasps, scoops and sighs ... It's a maddening, fascinating and often bewitching disc".