Laurence Cummings "at the height of today's Handel interpretation" in Belshazzar for Opernhaus Zürich

"All the more pleasing is what comes out of the raised orchestra pit. Under Laurence Cummings La Scintilla makes expressive and colorful music. The proven Baroque specialist lets the orchestra speak, sing, dance, flare individual lines, others sound brittle and pale. Always in line with the text." - Bruno Rauch, ch-intercultur

"Baumgarten has strong allies. Above all, the conductor Laurence Cummings, who creates a highly emotional, highly concentrated performance with the Orchestra La Scintilla." - Susanne Kübler, Tages Anzeiger

"Laurence Cummings on the podium of the orchestra La Scintilla moves with flowing tempos and clear articulation at the height of today's Handel interpretation" - Christian Wildhagen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

“Orchestra La Scintilla”, conducted by Handel specialist Laurence Cummings, captivates the late Baroque affect rhetoric and sends a multitude of colours into the sound space" - Torbjörn Bergflödt, Südkurier

"Laurence Cummings magnificently highlights Handel's rich score with the fabulous Orchestra "La Scintilla" - Werner M. Grimmel, Frankfurter Allgemeine