Monteverdi - L'Orfeo review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week

The Guardian 60

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro/I Gemelli
(Naïve, two discs)
The tenor sings the title role and also conducts in this new recording that interest and spark but eccentricities; instrumentalists I Gemelli are very fine

A decade ago, new recordings of the earliest of all operatic masterpieces seemed almost commonplace, but this studio recording of Monteverdi’s favola in musica is the first to appear for more than three years. What marks this L’Orfeo out from previous versions, though, is that the tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, previously known for his Handel recordings and who takes the role of Orfeo here, is also the conductor, and has clearly been the guiding hand behind the whole project.