Rossi : Il Mantovano Hebreo. Profeti della Quinta.

   in Choir & Organ (Mar, 2014)
At last, a convincing, celebratory overview of Monteverdi’s Jewish friend and collaborator in Mantua and, oh joy, from Hebrew-speaking singers and instrumentalists specialising in the Italian baroque, thus covering all cultural bases for an intriguing, original figure who influenced the development of the trio sonata and re-invented a cappella singing for the Mantuan synagogue. Rossi the assured, accomplished innovator shines out of lovingly rendered, textured performances. Gracious, sprightly instrumentals and two falsettists, imparting a bright and occasionally eerie glow to the male vocal quintet, particularly please in this magnificently immediate SACD recording. …