Mario Brunello

The excitement is palpable, reflected in smiling glances between the players, bodies swaying through musical suspensions, a sense of uninhibited joy… The playing is stylish throughout: ornaments... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 More…

The soloists are not only superb virtuosos but they converse with the rapport of chamber musicians, and are keenly aware of period style…They parry with daring abandon Vivaldi’s barrage of challenges…while... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An intriguing set of performances that has me torn between choosing luxury or coherence. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2023 More…

It is clear from the outset that melody is uppermost in Antonio Pappano's interpretation of the New World. The opening theme is phrased with great tenderness which makes the arrival of the louder,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The immediate impression from the start of the first Sonata is not so much of ‘bottom up’ cello-like depth, but of a mellowness of sound enhanced by a sympathetically resonant acoustic that is... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Whereas Bernstein embraced the music’s enhanced idiom with (literally) open arms, passionately embracing its full sonic potential, Brunello (No. 16) and Kremer (No. 14) create a sense of introspective... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The results are strikingly different from performances that spotlight ‘the soloist’ and throw the continuo into an accompanying role…Notable here are the infinitely varied timbres and textures... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…