« Bernfeld’s elegant embellishments of the melodic line were an easy bridge between Baroque and blues (…) A recorder bends notes naturally and Patricia Lavail caught just the right mournful tone for the middle section of the Prelude No.2. [Shaham is] a very persuasive singer, with a gorgeous amber tone and a voice both powerful and flexible. The thrilling passion she brought to "My Man's Gone" from Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" and Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera "Dido' and Aeneas" really did demonstrate kindred spirits across the centuries.»

Mark Sweed