Browse: Finger (composer)

The stylish (and openly Europhile) young French ensemble Ground Floor, spearheaded by their own virtuoso, Alice Julien-Laferrière, gives scintillating readings of four highly polished suites,... — Sunday Times, 6th September 2020 More…

Finger’s music has an eclectic feel, reflecting his enthusiasm for Italian music, his upbringing as a pupil of Biber, the lively scene that was Restoration London and the instrumental colours... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Fortunately, music-making of this quality is guaranteed to ease the heart as well as the national conscience. — Opera, January 2019 More…

This varied programme of Baroque trumpet virtuosity begins with a fanfare attributed to Gottfried Reiche, a Leipzig trumpeter who played for Bach on many occasions...It is, however, the Telemann... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Purcell crowns all with a sonata from each of his two collections of three parts and four parts. These are splendid pieces in which the idiom of Italy and France can be heard respectively…La... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The playing is admirably neat - intonation virtually flawless, ensemble taut, and decorations stylish. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Steger is brilliant when the music is lively. Into his fleetness he mixes zest, charm and impish humour, making you wonder how such artfulness, at such speed and with such nutty dexterity, is... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

By the time ‘Rococo’ ends, Schultze’s sparky concerto taking us as close to the Classical era as the recorder can, you truly feel as though you’ve been taken on a beautiful musical journey — Gramophone Magazine, June 2017 More…