"The CD is very much a showcase for the soprano Marta Almajano . . . who, as on the first disc, proves to be more than equal to the challenge, singing expressively and with bravura as the music demands. . . . There are so many other gems on this disc that it is hard to single out individual items, but try Duron’s “Ondas, riscos, pezes, mares” for plangent chromaticism – the Spanish composers were good at laments, one of the typical dramatic scenes that called for music. Duron’s “Yo no puedo” from El impossible mayor en amor is also inspired, as is the affecting simplicity of Literes’s “Adios dueno ermoso”, performed here with some impeccably delivered ornamentation from Almajano. . . . All in all, this is another enticing sample of the hitherto so little explored Spanish baroque in highly convincing performances by Al Ayre Espanol." -- Tess Knighton, Gramophone