Challenge Classics

The real star is the instrumental playing (how the dances swing!); and with less at stake, warmly stylish, The Love of Mars and Venus proves a delightful postscript. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

the Leupold Trio here brings the role of the chitarrone as an effective continuo instrument to the fore...Wouter Minder's combination of elegance and outrageousness in the Gabrielli and Vivaldi,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 More…

They display a wide variety of instrumental colours and often lively playing of substantial virtuosity. They are particularly resourceful in their percussion, drawing very heavily on the Arabic... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 More…

Gnattali’s music deserves wider notice…Braam’s playing is sweet yet unaffected. Her tone can take on an edge high above the stave but is generally pleasing. Pianist Luís Rabello is a sensitive... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

The opening of the G minor BuxWV 148 is thrillingly driven, garnished with quicksilver flourishes and capped by an ostinato oozing vitality… Koopman's… colourful registration throughout this... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

With a formidable blend of Slavic steel and sensuality in her rich soprano, she provides the gleaming core to a deeply satisfying Libera me...Griffey's heavy vibrato makes for unevenness and... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These are masterly compositions which reflect Buxtehude's affective skill in enlivening a text...Koopman and his ensemble reach the heart of the music with touching sincerity. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…