“One seldom hears this repertoire as fresh and played with such musicality” CD of the week MDR 
Germany (Radio)
“La Compañia go the whole hog here …on fruitily satisfying combinations” Gramophone, UK
“this Renaissance music thrives on improvisation, rhythms and dynamic ornamentation requiring exceptional mastery of the instrument, matched by musicality. And this is exactly what the Australians display.”
Toccata Alte Musik Aktuell, Germany.
“What characterizes the ensemble’s sound is its rhythmic vivaciousness” Internationa
l Record Review, UK
“The performers are clearly comfortable in the midst of this complexity” Historic Brass Society, US
“They are well played, with tasteful ornamentation” Early Music (Oxford Journals) OUP, UK
“AY, CARAMBA, THEY’RE GOOD! …recalling the best of Hesperion XXI, The Harp Consort and L’Arpeggiata”
Limelight
“for early Baroque pieces the jauntiness and nice harmonies are infectious”
Fanfare Magazine, US
“The result is some truly notable instrumental passages and a refined approach” Diverdi, Spain
“unique blend of precision and flexibility …is imaginative and engaging throughout” Limelight
“Played so musically and with such beautifully shaped phrasing” MusicWeb International
“scorings here are delicate and chosen with care” Gramophone, UK
“La Compañia’s relaxed and improvisatory yet passionate and precise playing is a delight” Limelight
“Masterful improvisation, ornamentation, surprising combinations of sound” Music Island, Poland
“captures La Compañia’s delight in the interesting phraseology that this music invites”
Oxford Journals, UK
“La Compañia’s relaxed and improvisatory yet passionate and precise playing is a delight” Limelight
“Again, the playing is refined: perfect in intonation, balance and blend …and excellence of performance 
which it offers is outstanding.” Historic Brass Society, US
“La Compañia play early Italian baroque works with its colourful, individualistic panache” The Age
“scorings here are delicate and chosen with care. As a consequence, there is some lovely solo and
duo playing from the nine members of the ensemble” Gramophone, UK
“Aussie-based ensemble proves spicier than chilli con carne” Limelight
“Some truly notable instrumental passages and a refined approach to this music, and a mastery of thefestive and solemn registers” DIVERDI, Spain
“Where La Compañia differs (internationally) in its approach is in the unique blend of precision and flexibility” Limelight
“Danny Lucin masters the cornetto with jazzistic flights of fancy, and Rosemary Hodgson plucks the vihuela
with stunning virtuosity” Expresso Newspaper, Portugal
“joyful ornamented music with such security in style that is only achieved by the masters in the field …colorfullyadorned sound enriched by sterling Interpretation” Toccata Journal, Germany
“Early music from Australia? Yes, they have that now. The continent’s highest-profile original instruments playersbelong to the ensemble La Compañia” CD of the week MDR Germany (Radio)
“La Compañia’s work is unfailingly enjoyable” The Age
“La Compañia presents concerts that heighten expectations …this early-music collective has dust-scattering bounce and clarity” The Age
“Bringing exotic sounds to a new audience” The Age
“This wonderful disc is a real departure for the early music community in Australia”
ABC FM CD of the week
“La Compañia does not shy away from orchestrating in a musically satisfying manner on the pretext of
lack of specific evidence” Oxford Journals, UK
“La Compañia’s performances, which are consistently idiomatic, light, colourful and rhythmic”
International Record Review, UK
“one finds oneself nicely rocking out … literally swept away by the jaunty rhythms of the music”
Fanfare Magazine, US
“Such a telling combination of passion and scholarship” The Age
