“Five stars: “This recording embodies the joy of music making from start to finish.” —Fanfare Magazine

“Le Dolce Sirene achieves that audiophile miracle” — Gramophone

“Ms. Anderson demonstrates compelling rhetorical power; a stunning and glass-shattering upper range and glowing middle range.”

“…this group is singularly talented.  Led by the stupendously beautiful violin [Elizabeth Suh Lane], effectively grounded by the excellent cello of Hannah Collins”

“ This is nine minutes of musical bliss.” — Audiophile Audition

Track List:

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)
1) Si dolce è’l tormento, SV 332 | 4:27

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685–1759)
2) Rejoice Greatly from Messiah | 5:05

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
3) Sonata No. 4 for Organ, opus 65, no. 4, Allegro con brio | 4:08

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
4) Süsse Stille, soprano aria with violin obligato, HWV 205 | 5:59

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
5) Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden, soprano aria with violin obligato,
[BWV 204] (4th movement) | 4:18

6-9) Sonata in G major for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021 | 9:27

6) Adagio | 4:09
7) Vivace | 1:00
8) Largo | 2:48
9) Presto | 1:30

CECILIA McDOWALL (b.1951) • Four Shakespeare Songs
10) What ‘tis to love? (As You Like It, Act 5, scene 2) | 2:17
11) Give Me My Robe (Antony and Cleopatra, Act 5, scene 2) | 3:42
12) How should I your true love know? (Hamlet, Act 4, scene 5) | 2:43
13) First Rehearse (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, scene 1) | 2:16

BACH ARIA SOLOISTS
14) La Folia Variations (improvisation) | 7:11