As Rutter points out in his excellent notes (a feature of all these OUP Choral Classics), Monteverdi creates 'thrilling sonorities, strong expressive contrasts and an overall structure that perfectly reflects the changing moods of its familiar and joyful text'. . . Do buy a copy of this vivacious work; once tasted, you'll want a set for your choir. * Organists' Review, May 99 *