Zigzag

Stern's performances are all about intimacy: intimacy of sound, manifested in a close, dry (and sometimes rather unlovely) recording offering sharp textural clarity and emphasising the tightness... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 More…

In [No. 7] and the other two sonatas, free from the delicious distraction of the voices, it is possible to appreciate more fully the refined, characterful playing of the ensemble led by its... — International Record Review, March 2011 More…

That he has an affinity with the composer is immediately obvious and one of the most appealing aspects here is his sheer sound. Soulfulness, too, is in plentiful supply...There's no lack of... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 More…

Virtuosity may be pushed to the very limit in the fantastical whirligig of quotations comprising the second movement tribute to Nathaniel Hawthorne, but the homely simplicities of the Alcotts... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

… the violin really 'speaks' here, superbly supported by Imaginarium's varied continuo group. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Recordings of the Concerto have tended to be with either harpsichord or modern grand. …van Immerseel makes a persuasive case for the fortepiano, with its silvery treble and capacity for delicate... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The title only hints at the disc's riches: it is a veritable 'art gallery' in sound. Marianne Muller and her continuo colleagues in the Ensemble Spirale explore the ways in which 17th- and 18th-century... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

For many people, if Jean-Fery Rebel is known as anything more than a name, it is for one chord – the spectacular dissonance which conjures primeval chaos at the opening of his ballet suite Les... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…