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Sakai’s performances are distinguished by the freshness and sincerity of his interpretations. He is an eloquent exponent, never pretentious or superficial, never afraid to play slowly. He produces... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…

Christophe Rousset’s recording is distinguished by a dazzling variety of articulation, dynamics and timbres … The playing of Les Talens Lyriques is supple and characterful … Piau is faultlessly... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2015 More…

These are not theatrical performances, nor are they too restrained. Sakai’s playing is sure-footed and robust, but not boorish, and his sound is balanced and resonant in all registers. Again,... — Fanfare, May/June 2022 More…

Listening to this recording of Scipione, you might well judge it one of Handel’s strongest scores: aria after aria bristles with vitality and personality...Long unavailable, it has been reissued... — Financial Times, 21st August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

both works have very appealing casts, singing with a brightness and a style – unaffected, clear, light on vibrato and ornamentation – that’s wholly suited to the idiom and the material. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…

Rosemary Joshua brings to these accounts all the aplomb of a Baroque diva, with her sharply etched diction, perspicuous dramatic insights and varied vocal timbres...It would be easy for Joshua... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…