Browse: Chamber, Canzonas, Frescobaldi (composer)

Francesco Corti captures both Frescobaldi's eccentric, improvisatory spirit on the one hand, and his rigorous precision and attention to detail on the other...The programme features two harpsichords... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There’s always an electric jolt about Huggett’s gut-stringed violin, and she needs every surge of energy for the virtuoso tricks of 17th-century Italian and Italianate chamber music...Huggett’s... — The Times, 18th September 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Performance of Frescobaldi demands a free, improvisatory style of performance, of which Richard Lester is obviously a master. He plays a perfectly chosen harpsichord with a particularly attractive,... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

The magnificent Silbermann organ in St Aurélie’s Strasbourg, and a ravishingly-toned hybrid harpsichord after Ruckers and Duloken, furnish exemplary tools for the job, and Alard’s playing bears... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Lester's playing] is precise, fluent and poised. His dexterity is evident in his carefully polished and thoughtful performances. Tempos are generally unhurried by contrast with the virtuoso... — International Record Review, September 2011 More…

...there is no questioning Lindberg's nimble articulation or feeling for the music...The members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra...provide responsive and charming accompaniments and the programming... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…