The rendering by Cappella Augustana under Matteo Messori exemplarily realizes the principle of musical rhetoric

Stereo

 

Matteo Messori gives voice to his generous Latinity through the carnal concern for a colorful, contrasted and dynamic sound

Diapason

 

All singers are very fine, and Cappella Augustana plays in tight ensemble, with vigor and style

American Record Guide

 

 

Brilliant Classics has recently re-issued, in a unique 19 CDs box, the four volumes of the Heinrich Schütz Edition recorded in 2003-2008 by Cappella Augustana and Matteo Messori.

The issue has been awarded with 4 Stars from the French magazine Classica and gained the status of the "CD of the Month" (September 2012) from the Dutch OpusKlassiek.