Challenge Classics

Koopman is indefatigible...His enthusiasm shines through his playing, nowhere more so than in the Toccata opening Partita VI...His technique is superb, too...ornamentation is lavish and spontaneous,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

beautifully sung and performed by two undoubted specialists in this repertory, who make as good a case for recording as one can imagine. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Hekkema’s playing is, without any reservations or criticism, superb. He knows how to make his instruments speak the language of Bach, modernizing it with the special timbre of the saxophone... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…

The Kuijken family, like the Mozarts, often played together, though each was a virtuoso on his or her own instrument – original ones, or copies of them. In this delightful recording, titled... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The artistry and technique evinced in her Schumann are equally evident here: I particularly enjoyed her Handel Variations, whose narrative arc comes across very strongly, with an emphasis on... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Angela Brownridge has moments that could provide a masterclass with careful control of nuance, the chords in ‘Canope’ seemingly emerging without attack. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 2 out of 5 stars More…