Challenge Classics

[The 'Harmonious Blacksmith'] gives Koopman scope to demonstrate his virtuosity and his innate exuberance. For the most part, though, his playing seems to have acquired a degree of restraint... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There is a pleasing quality to Fabio Bonizzoni’s first volume of Bach harpsichord concertos, which achieves the difficult task of combining subtle artifice and interpretative joie de vivre with... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

Dostaler-Lalonde plays [the sonatas] exquisitely, with a beguiling lyrical tone quality, elegant phrasing, and flawless technique. The sound world of the cello piccolo, with its range from a... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…

Performing on two copies of Stefanini and Ruckers harpsichords, Ton Koopman completes the exquisite solo oeuvre by Buxtehude with captivating élan. For a musician with somewhat precipitous tendencies,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This is the voice of an older Pregardien: he has the grey hair for which Schubert's lonely wanderer longs. But the voice is in superb form, sensing out the underlying pulse and the minutest inflections... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…