Armonico Consort is one of the largest and most innovative organisations of its kind in the UK, existing to inspire audiences with its unique programmes.

★★★★ Lithe, colourful, tastefully phrased and dynamically astute playing…[the cast] sing compellingly and inhabit their roles with the same sensitivity that distinguishes the whole performance

- The Daily Telegraph

A clean, uncluttered account featuring crystalline voices, good diction, safe tempos and well-defined phrasing…vocal ensembles are luminous and the instrumental playing is bright and streamlined. Best of all is Rachael Lloyd’s dignified Dido, rich-voiced, poetic and flawlessly delivered

- The Guardian

The Armonico Consort and its musical director, Christopher Monks, capture this abundance of inspiration in a performance full of life and variety…Rachael Lloyd’s dignified Dido and Elin Manahan Thomas’s bright Belinda are well contrasted

- Financial Times

This small-scale version of Purcell’s evergreen masterpiece has much to commend it

- Early Music Today