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Weird but distinctly wonderful, this programme exploring the connections between the emerging early music and cabaret scenes in early twentieth-century Paris finds d'Oustrac not so much chewing... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, August 2023 More…

Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a coherent program that balances repetition and contrast to avoid monotony without it coming across as forced. The performances are consistently polished and a sophisticated, and pleasant,... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2023 More…

Certainly, if you are after comprehensiveness – a complete collection of Marais’s Deuxième livre – then this release from Ricercar provides a beautiful object...The recording clearly seeks variety... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

Marais had given up playing by the time he wrote these works, and reportedly preferred to tend his garden. The pieces are short and full of contrast, flowing one into another with meditative... — The Observer, 9th July 2023 More…

Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud are on their customary vir tuosic form, and their take on this music is full of vitality but, as Dr Charles Burney once remarked upon the music of CPE... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…