Lawrence Budman (Miami Herald Music Critic) at www.lawrencebudman.com:

Indeed, he is a real virtuoso on that instrument.

Miami Herald:

David Dolata provided elegant, beautifully integrated support on the lute.

Goldberg Magazine:

The solo theorbo pieces demonstrate considerable musical maturity and skills on the instrument by both Victor Coelho and David Dolata.

Gramophone:

The theorbo playing is often imaginitive and occasionally prosaic.

The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington):

As for the theorbo, a 17th-century lute, I could listen to Dolata play that thing all night. Richer, deeper, and darker sounding than an acoustic guitar, the instrument sounded magical in Dolata’s hands, especially during his solo feature, an “Unmeasured Prelude” by de Visée. As a part of the larger ensemble blending with the harpsichord and cello, the theorbo did not often stand out on its own but warmed the mix noticeably. It also offered wonderful variety to the sound texture during the recitatives when the other continuo instruments dropped out, leaving Dolata alone to accompany the voice.

International Record Review:

Dolata and Coelho are sure-figured and refined lutenists…. The instrumental accompaniment for all the songs is superb. The theorbo’s clear, deep, saturated tones make it well suited for accompanying the voice, but the continuo is further enriched by the addition of a second theorbo, the tiorbino, an archlute and a harpsichord in different combinations, providing inventive and sensitive figured bass realisations.

Lute News:

All [duos] are beautifully performed by Dolata and Coelho with – crisp sense of rhythm, neat passage work, beautifully clear contrapuntal lines and nicely judged contrasts in dynamics.

Fanfare Magazine

The accompaniment of Victor Coelho and Dolata can be nicely subdued, giving the vocal numbers a Troubadour quality, but in their solos they truly shine. For those interested in an alternative world to Monteverdi or the beginnings of the Venetian style, this is an indispensable disc.

Music Web-International

Victor Coelho, David Dolata, and Juvenal Correa-Salas…are a model of restraint and elegance in the extracts from three purely instrumental sonatas by Pittoni, as well as the lengthy introduction to Handel’s setting HWV275.