Browse: SACD, Rameau (composer)

With a large and varied orchestra and (optional) surround sound, Jordi Savall revels in the unmatched opulence, extravagance and scale of mid-18th century France...The music is divorced from... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

a live recording of an excellent programme with the theme of musical ‘tone painting'...I enjoyed the discs very much. — Early Music Review, 24th January 2016 More…

Great arrangements that introduce the Chinese sheng to the likes of Telemann and Rameau. In some parts reflective, in others feisty and even folky, it’s inventive and rarely dull. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Apart from his nimble dexterity, Freeman-Attwood's playing is just as striking for the beauty of his lyrical phrasing and his richness of colour, so well demonstrated by Saint-Saëns's "Romanza",... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2007 More…

Savall reaches out to explore the expressive extremes. Corelli's textures are dense and complex, three solo strings set against, here, ten more strings, playing immaculately. SACD helps greatly... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…