Deux-Elles

This is a delight of a disc. Short and slight – pared back to the essentials of both texture and repertoire – it’s a lunchtime recital rather than a full evening’s commitment, something to send... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2023 More…

Haywood and the Galliard’s approach is vivacious and well-balanced, with impeccable intonation and ensemble. The opening Allegro [of the Mozart] rattles along nicely and the central Larghetto... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

Christopher O'Neal's playing of both oboe and cor anglais is bright, incisive and elegantly turned… His colleagues match his artistry and expertise, not least with unusually well characterised... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Keith sings with poise, and she certainly possesses the necessary ease at the top, delivering without a hint of a problem those rather cruel high notes which Debussy suddenly throws in…[Lepper]... — International Record Review, May 2015 More…

Not only are the Ruysdael unfailingly musical, they’ve honed a formidable technique since their formation in The Hague in 1996 – intonation is spoton, ensemble razor-sharp and their diaphanous,... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2020 More…