Crowe is simply in a class by herself... an uncommonly gifted artist... --Classics TodayThere is a marvelous flamboyance to these youthful works...Crowe is fully equal to their varied demands, showing an imaginative sensitivity to Handel's melodic shapes... --BBC Music MagazineWith her vernal light lyric soprano, grace of line and vivid response to mood, Lucy Crowe proves well-nigh ideal in this conspectus of music from Handel's Italian years… she subtly varies her vibrato for expressive effect... negotiates the vertiginous leaps with effortless poise… puts the powers of darkness to flight in volleys of gleeful, glittering coloratura…. Crowe's delectable singing is complemented by fresh, rhythmically buoyant and, where needed, virtuoso playing from the English Concert, who on their own give sparkling performances… --Gramophone