Drew Minter sings Italian monody with ARTEK’s 458 Strings ensemble of continuo instruments. Arias by Frescobadli, D’India, da Gagliano, Monteverdi, Sances, Mazzocchi, and Cesti, together with instrumental music by Domenico Gabrielli. With Grant Herreid (lute, theorbo, guitar), Astrid Nielsch (harp), Dongsok Shin (organ), Paul Shipper (guitar, lute), Richard Stone (theorbo, archlute), Lisa Terry (viola da gamba, cello) Gwendolyn Toth (harpsichord, virginal, organ). “Minter has the technique to do anything he cares to do and he revels in that. Through songs of Sigismondo d’India, Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, and Domenico Mazzocchi, he startles with his laser-like accuracy, his fearless abandon in tempi, and his sheer joy of execution.” – Daniel Cusick